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CategoryA collection of our favourite Awesome Foundation funded projects from Newcastle and around the world. Awesome Newcastle is a chapter of The Awesome Foundation. The Awesome Foundation was created in 2009 and has provided over $2.2m in grants via 114 chapters in 26 countries.
Awesome Newcastle and Hunter Innovation Festival teaming up
Another Awesome Newcastle is happening soon, and this one is open to the public and in collaboration with the Hunter Innovation Festival. Please join us for the special occasion at The Criterion to celebrate three amazing ideas in Newcastle. Only one person will take home $1000, but in this rare situation, anyone who..
Full House at April’s Awesome Newcastle
Slowly and steadily Awesome Newcastle has been making its way around different dynamic venues in town. Last night’s event was a classy experience in one of Newcastle’s most iconic and historical buildings, Custom’s House. The staff made us feel welcome as we gathered in their epic blue room, and got down to business…
Awesome March: Making Money at MoneyPenny
It feels like we’ve barely recovered from Awesome February, but here we are charging into March. Yesterday the clouds couldn’t keep us from fun, food, booze and fascinating ideas. MoneyPenny graciously hosted us, and we enjoyed the ambiance of the Honeysuckle boardwalk with views of our harbour.
This month along wit..
Awesome Newcastle Roars into 2019 at the Flying Tiger
Last night we had our first Awesome Newcastle of 2019! Morale was up as we gathered downstairs in the Flying Tiger‘s lively and leafy courtyard. The sun set, and we settled in for a night of learning about the brightest and best ideas of our city.
We were excited to see returning guest board member Don Magin. After ..
Awesome Newcastle November is Open to the Public!
Thursday 1st November
6pm
The Station, Scott St. Newcastle
Like we’ve done in Novembers past, the upcoming Awesome November will be open to the public! This is a great opportunity to check out what happens behind the scenes at Awesome Newcastle. Amazingly, this Awesome Newcastle will be held at the brand spanking s..
Save the date
We’ve got big plans brewing for our November Awesome Newcastle event and we want you to come.
It will be held on Thursday 1st November after 6pm and so put it in your diary now.
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Awesome October is fast, friendly and full of heart!
Last night at the Flying Tiger, another Awesome Newcastle commenced! We were on a mission of time efficiency while still having a special evening as per usual. The drinks were served, the salty delicious chips were off the chain and everyone was looking attentive and attractive!
We were thrilled to introduce a gang o..
Community activities to engage at Awesome August
Can you believe another month has passed already? Last night’s Awesome Newcastle for August was another doozy. Held again upstairs at The Flying Tiger, our board was filled with a lot of returning guests. We had Jacqui Daley from The Measured Marketer, Ty Brennock from Monica Clare, Marty Spiers from H&M Accountants,..
We’re over the moon for Awesome June!
After a series of rainy days, yesterday’s warm(ish) weather couldn’t have been more welcomed. Last night we gathered at The Edwards Front Bar as we’ve done many times before and prepared ourselves for another night of learning about and celebrating the talented creative people in this region.
Last night we recognis..
Another aMAYzing Awesome Newcastle
Last night we returned to The Edwards’ front bar for a special evening of merrymaking. We were excited to learn what the next batch of innovative Novocastrians had to offer.
Accompanying our beloved regular board members were returning guest board members Amir Antebi, Jacqui Daley and Richard Tribe. We were thrilled..