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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.
$1,000 To Welcome Young Refugees in Newy
Last Thursday we did it again. We gathered, we ate, we drank, we deliberated and then gave away another awesome $1000 in cash.
Candidates and board members met on the 6th floor of Newcastle’s NIB building. Surrounded by funky furniture, drinks, cheese and a stunning view of the harbor, a small crowd nibbled and mad..
Awesome Newcastle One Year Anniversary: Giving Away $4,000!
What better way to celebrate our anniversary than giving away $4,000 to a business that will use it to make the world a better place? Last Thursday we did just this! We called on Novocastrians to join us at The Lock Up arts space to recognise awesome business initiatives and give away stacks of cash.
Guests and boar..
Behind the scenes with AwesomeNTL
Let’s talk Awesome Newcastle and break down what goes on behind the scenes.
Each month we get an array of amazing applications from community groups, small businesses and individuals from all over the Hunter who would like a hand (in the form of $1,000) to get their projects up and running.
As much as we’d like to ..
Awesome Newcastle August Winner – Frontline Yoga
Our August round of Awesome Newcastle kicked off last Thursday night at The Village of Useful. There was a particular energy in the room that one can only describe as ‘money’.
It could be that we did AwesomeNTL a little differently this round, or maybe it was the awesome board members that were excited to give away ..
An update from our Awesome April winner – Helpful Love
If you’re an avid fan of Awesome Newcastle, which we know you all are, then you would know that we love to check-in with past grant winners.
In April, Kim Oakhill rose to the occasion to passionately talk about Helpful Love, an online community that seeks to provide useful gifts for people in difficult times.
The i..
An update from our May winner, To the Edge High Performance Centre.
To the Edge High Performance Centre, located in Cardiff, has the goal of hosting, training and producing world-class athletes to showcase the elite level of sportsmen and women right here in Newcastle.
The man behind this big dream is Daniel Moffatt-Martin who took home the $1,000 cash grant from Awesome Newcastle b..
Awesome Newcastle July Winner – Survival Candle
Our July Awesome Newcastle took place last Thursday in the alluring Reserve Wine Bar. Nestled together in a booth with wine in hand, our board members once again gathered to hand out a no-strings attached bag of cash to an awesome person.
New to the list of permanent board members is Chris Joannou, legendary Silver..
Students love learning. An update from a past Awesome winner.
MaD Science is an interest elective class created by teacher Jivvel Kilham. It focusses on materials and design through science and engineering topics. The class is mainly aimed at students who are otherwise not that excited about school or learning.
At January’s Awesome Newcastle event Kilham expressed his passion ..
March winner update – Newcastle Art Prize
Newcastle Art Prize took home the title of Awesome Newcastle Winner and the $1,000 cash in March this year.
At our March event, Gwendolin Lewis told our board members that the society is constantly struggling to find the budget to cover prize expenses, so the $1,000 grant would be make up the major art prize.
Since..
June 2016 Winner – Adopt a Singer
June’s Awesome Newcastle took place last Thursday behind the big blue doors at The Village of Useful. Finalists and board members gathered once again to choose the next awesome winner for the month.
Choosing finalists is getting increasingly difficult as there are so many great applications and ideas happening in th..