James Chapman from Tantrum Theatre wants to use theatre to bring attention to male mental illness in Newcastle.

Let us take you back to a scorching night in November 2015, when the Awesome Newcastle board gathered to be inspired by an amazing idea.

Inspire was certainly what Chapman did!

With all the charisma a..

Youth Street is a community group that provide a safe hangout space for youth aged 6-18 where they can stay out of trouble by playing sport, doing art and making friends.

In October 2015, Kelcie Rausch from Youth Street stood up in front of our Awesome board members and told us how valuable $1,000 would be to Youth ..

Awesome Newcastle’s March gathering was last Thursday evening at Casa de Loco, in the east end. Our regular board, guest board members and nervous but determined finalists headed up the wooden stairs of the Mexican restaurant y tequila bar for for the night’s proceedings.

This month’s finalists were Gwendolin Lewis ..

In September 2015, the guys pitched for Awesome Newcastle’s first ever grant for their podcast Driving with Jack and Scott.

Driving with Jack and Scott ..

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..

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. ..

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 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.