Buddy Bench
Ottawa resident and mother Jenny Guth has recently helped implement a Buddy Bench in Stittsville Public School.
The Buddy Bench is an ordinary bench placed in the schoolyard. Children who are sad or looking for playmates can sit on the bench to signal they would like someone to come talk to them or ask them to play…
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..
The Veggie Truck
The Veggie Truck from Alaska is a project aimed at providing farm-fresh crops to people from low-income areas. Locally grown produce will be delivered more directly to people in the community who do not otherwise have ready access to any fresh vegetables.
Funded by Awesome Alaska
Look for the Good
Liverpool Small Cinema
Liverpool Small Cinema is a new artist-led community screening space built entirely from volunteered time, money and materials. It’s a place for people to view alternative films and help decide on programming.
Funded by Awesome Liverpool
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..
Subway Sets
Subway Sets brings New York City’s best underground musicians up to rooftops above the city. Subway Sets’ sold-out concerts turn moments on a subway platform into full sets in the sky.
The mission is to help amazingly talented subway musicians find the audience and exposure they deserve.
Funded by Awesome New York ..
Inside Books Project
Inside Books Project is an Austin-based organisation that sends free books and educational materials to prisoners in Texas. The initiative works to promote reading, literacy, and education among incarcerated individuals and to educate the general public on issues of incarceration.
Funded by Awesome Austin.
Mālama Pūpūkea-Waimea
Mālama Pūpūkea-Waimea is a youth program consisting of a series of fun, hands-on, educational workshops for children that focus on marine science, environmental stewardship, and Hawaiian culture.
Funded by Awesome Oahu.