Awesome Newcastle April is intimate and inspiring
We did it again! Last night’s Awesome Newcastle was intimate, inspiring and informative. We were down a few board members due to it being so soon after the Easter Weekend, but never-the-less we gathered, gabbed and gulped down a beer from our lovely venue, The Criterion.
This week we welcomed several returning gue..
March’s Awesome Newcastle is Bike Rides, Art and Music!
Last night The Criterion graciously hosted March’s Awesome Newcastle! We entered the autumn season and enjoyed the last of the leisurely sunny evenings for a while.
We sipped bevies and chatted with new and familiar faces in the room. This month the board welcomed back Graham Batten of Newcastle Permanent Charita..
Kicking off Awesome Newcastle 2021
After a year of many Awesome Newcastles via video pitches and Zoom calls, we were overjoyed to be back in action last night at The Criterion Hotel! We caught up, had a chat, had some chips, and began to read the room of interesting characters.We welcomed five guest board members last night including first timers: Lau..
Awesome November wraps up 2020 in the flesh!
After several months of uncertainty, Awesome Newcastle was back at The Criterion last night ready to rock and roll! As is tradition with the last Awesome of the year, we brought back three fantastic finalists from 2020 to give them another shot at winning some cold hard cash.
We had six guest board members last nigh..
Awesome October is community, language and roller skates!
We’d hoped that the arrival of spring would get us back to the pub, but as luck would have it here we are again sipping wine in front of a screen at home. But despite the social distancing, Awesome Newcastle is proud to engage with great generous people in the community.
Along with our lovely regular board members..
Awesome Newcastle September is all art!
This Wednesday night we kicked off yet another digital Awesome Newcastle with our regular radiant board members and three exceptional guest board members. Because of its remote nature, some of us had drinks from our offices, some of us Zoomed together and some of us voted later in the night. Regardless we all found a..
Awesome Newcastle August
This month we wel..
Awesome Newcastle: Zoom into June!
Awesome Newcastle was virtually vivacious and digitally dynamic again last night, for the third month in a row. Despite distance, board members checked in, gave money, watched pitches, discussed, debated and voted to make a difference.
We welcomed three returning guest board members last night: Becky Kiil of Newcast..
Awesome Newcastle May is A-okay!
Yet again Awesome Newcastle has gone digital, navigating these uncertain times with alacrity and authenticity! Three fantastic finalists sent us three different video pitches this month. We emailed them to our board, a few of us zoomed, the money was transferred through various accounts and at last a difficult decisi..
April’s Awesome Newcastle is Digital!
It would sound like an April Fool’s joke if you haven’t been reading the news, but here we are. Awesome Newcastle is adapting to the realities of Covid-19, keeping each other safe and playing to an empty stadium. This Wednesday night instead of meeting at our much loved local haunt, our host and organiser sent a grou..