Awesome Melbourne funds friendship via Kitestring Project
Recently a fascinating Awesome grant was awarded to our fellow Aussies in Melbourne! Kitestring is a design research project exploring the challenges of building close friendships in the modern era. Read their Awesome Melbourne proposal below, get inspired, and don’t forget to check out Kitestring’s website!
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Awesomeness is on the rise at April’s Awesome Newcastle
Last night’s Awesome Newcastle clearly demonstrated that the Awesome bar just gets higher and higher. Speaking of bars, the Edwards beer garden yet again served as the perfect location for us all to drink and delve into the newest Novocastrian initiatives.
From fundraising to floats to funny, we were blown away by t..
March’s Awesome Newcastle brings delightful new donors
Awesome Newcastle has been going strong since 2015, and during our regular board meeting this month we shook things up. Usually an intimate crowd gathers to enjoy bevvies and select the best finalist to take home a thousand bucks. This time we opened it up to to the public and allowed guests to contribute as much mon..
This March’s Awesome Newcastle is Open to the Public!
It’s usually just a small crowd of finalists and board members who gather during our monthly grant giveaways, but, for March’s Awesome Newcastle, the special evening will be open to the public!
If you want to be the first to know about the latest finalists or finally meet the elusive board members, why not pop in? I..
Hives are Thriving in Bootle, Awesome Liverpool
Liverpool is known for being a lovely English city with lovely accents and two big football teams. But the Awesome Foundation is all the buzz in Liverpool. Check out this project recently submitted by B4Biodiversity and selected from an experienced bee-keeper in Bootle. You could say it’s, ahem, the bees’ knees! Give..
How to win: turn your awesome idea into cash
Awesome Miami has some great guidelines on how they determine grants. We loved them so much we’re cross posting them here; we just replaced the word Miami with Newy. Thanks for the tips, guys!
Here’s some rough guidelines:
Joy and surprise: Does it make people smile? Will it make us laugh?
Innovation: Is it a totall..
From textiles to toddlers to TROG, Awesome Newcastle brings the best!
Lucky for us, The Edwards again accommodated our gregarious gang for February’s Awesome Newcastle. This month we found ourselves in their spacious and delicious beer garden out back.
Our board members and finalists arrived, including our guest board members. This month we were happy to have Don Magin of Magin Consul..
Awesome Twin City Supports The Free Black Table Open Mic
Awesome Newcastle is loving this winning project from Awesome Twin Cities in Minnesota, USA. Read about their latest Awesome Project below!
BlackTableArts presents The Free Black Table Open Mic. Free of charge and for all ages, it began in January, 2015. The Free Black Table Open Mic is held at Illusion Theater in M..
New Awesome Newcastle winners and ideas kickoff 2017!
The passionate people in Newcastle are not holding back bright ideas, last night’s Awesome Newcastle demonstrated. Givers and gatherers grouped together at The Edwards swanky new Front Bar, where an eclectic cluster of Novocastrians bustled and buzzed discussing innovative ways to make Newcastle better with the gener..
$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..