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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.
Past winners Jack and Scott Making Awesome Happen!
Jack and Scott are two childhood mates who spread good vibes across Newcastle through event hosting, taking part in youth groups and coaching at a local skatepark.
In September 2015, the guys pitched for Awesome Newcastle’s first ever grant for their podcast Driving with Jack and Scott.
Joel and Aimee from OneWave win February’s Awesome Newcastle
Last Thursday evening, a small yet excited crowd gathered at The Edwards on Parry Street. Usual faces caught up with each other, new faces introduced themselves and somewhere in the mix, nervous finalists mingled with everyone. It was the night of Awesome Newcastle February, and after an inspirational meeting in Janu..
MaD Science wins Awesome Newcastle January grant!
The first Awesome Newcastle for the new year took place last Thursday at Talulah, The Junction. Our esteemed board congregated alfresco, full of stories of holidays, gifts, food and travel.
As usual, narrowing down three finalists from the ever-growing bunch of passionate, aspirational applicants was a tricky task. ..
James Chapman of Tantrum Theatre Wins November Grant!
It was a scorching Thursday evening when our distinguished yet slightly sweaty Awesome Newcastle board gathered together (along with a few special guests) for our November board meeting at Cazador in Newcastle Mall.
Alex O’Hara, owner of Cazador fulfilled our November guest board member position, while Sam Robinson ..
Awesome Newcastle x The Venture
Awesome Newcastle was recently featured on The Venture Blog, a partnership with Fast Company which highlights entrepreneurial news and advice from around the world. Read the post here.
‘Youth Street Newcastle’ Wins October Grant
Last Thursday evening, Awesome Newcastle awarded October’s no-strings-attached $1,000 grant.
The thinkers, changemakers and ideaspeople of Newcastle sent us a rich variety of quirky, funny and interesting applications and the worthy bunch was narrowed down to just three finalists.
Our board members, accompanied by ..
‘Driving with Jack and Scott’ Wins September Grant
Driving with Jack and Scott consists of two childhood mates who have been spreading the good vibes ever since, including hosting events, taking part in youth groups and coaching at a local skatepark.
Jack and Scott say they want to be about ‘thankers wanna thank’ (as opposed to ‘haters gonna hate), bringing positivi..
Awesome Newcastle is Taking Applications
Awesome Newcastle provides $1,000 grants every month to help community projects in Newcastle, Australia.
We’re for can-do people with ideas and determination. We believe awesome ideas can make a big impact. We’re here to further the impact with a monthly bag of cash, no strings attached.
We’re not a charity and our..
Introducing the Awesome Newcastle Board
We carefully sorted through the piles of applications and decided this group couldn’t be more deserving of a seat on Awesome Newcastle’s board.
Introducing the Awesome Newcastle board:
Andy Howard. Head of Digital, The Village of Useful
Adam Lance. Creative Director, The Village of Useful
Chris Tyrrell. COO, Tyrr..
Board Members Wanted
Awesome Newcastle is a chapter of The Awesome Foundation. The Awesome Foundation was created in 2009 and has provided over $1.5m in grants via 114 chapters in 26 countries. It was founded by MIT and Harvard students frustrated with the bureaucracy of traditional funding.
Right now we’re looking for another permanent..