Lake Mac
PROJECT BACK TO SCHOOL
By Trisha Downes November 2024Nesian Markets
By Esther Loli-Fiu September 2024Community defib
By Bruce Shiach-Wise July 2024ROTARY LAKE MAC AUTUMN FAIR
By TONI MCLEAN March 2024Survivors’ Circle: Mulubinba
By Darcie Cliff November 2023Maintenance of Wangi Athletics Oval
By Tony Campbell September 2023Farming Aquaponics
By Allan Brown July 2023Moments in Autism
By Kel Titchmarsh May 2023West Wallsend High School - Teen MHFA
By Jen Elhindi November 2022Care for a Cuppa
By Lisa Sergi September 2022Central Charlestown JRL Indigenous Round
By sarah harwood July 2022The Lonely chairs
By Skye May 2022Community Hair Project
By Christine Mastello March 2022Life Kitchen Project
By Richard Stark November 2021Cure Cancer Big Hug Box
By Michelle Lesco September 2021Community Library / Sharing boxes
By Jennifer McGhie July 2021Night Under the Stars
By Our Backyard May 2021Lake Mac Seed Library
By Anna Noon March 2021Warm Blankets for everyone
By Sue Bardsley and Tonee Knowles November 2020Care Collection Days
By Helen Barker September 202080's Skaties
By Vicki lawler July 2020Fun resources for children & families
By Louise Marzella June 2020Hope In A Suitcase
By Rachael Clancy November 2019Yoga Magic Lake Mac
By Clio Badenhorst October 2019Baby in Time
By Remy Ellicott August 2019Lake Macquarie Formal Wear Event
By Madelyn Smith July 2019Mount Hutton Tennis Club- Kids Court & Playground!
By Matt Abbott June 2019Warners Bay Netball Club Mural
By Nicole Brotherton May 2019Barre and Move ( Inclusive ballet class)
By Jessica Conneely April 2019Accessibility in the City
By Chad Ramage March 2019About Us
What do we do?
We provide $1,000 no strings attached grants to people with great ideas making Lake Mac even more Awesome! Every 2 months we award a no-strings-attached grant of $1,000 to a project that we deem Awesome. We're interested in a wide variety of projects whether you're a local business or passionate family. If you think your idea is worth $1,000, send us an application.
Once you apply via our website, every second month we collate applications for our board members to tell us their top 3 favourites. If you make the top 3 for that round, we will invite you to a pitch event. At the pitch event is when we award the winner and organise bank transfer of the $1000 - no strings attached!
What are we looking for?
There are no set rules about what we will or won't fund, but here are some of the things we would like to see in a grant application:
- Innovative, exciting and unusual ideas - but we also want to know that you can achieve what you're setting out to do
- Ideas that have the potential to go far
- Ideas filled with passion and purpose
- Local projects - we're invested in our local community and we want to do things that help Lake Macquarie grow
- Projects where the grant is a catalyst to kickstart something awesome
- Community benefit – we like to see people coming together through a project instead of enjoying it in isolation
Like we said before, these aren't rules, they're guidelines. We are more than happy to throw away everything we mentioned earlier for any project that makes us stop in our tracks and say “That's awesome!”
If you'd like more feedback on a grant proposal, feel free to get in touch with us at lakemac@awesomefoundation.org
Join our Awesome Lake Mac board!
Would you like to be a guest? Would you like to be a permanent board member?
We have two types of board members: guests or permanent members! You can participate for one month here or there, or join us on a permanent basis and help us shape the chapter.
Awesome Lake Mac is made up of individuals who contribute their time and money to support awesomeness in Lake Macquarie City. Each second month 10 board members get together, listen to pitches, and contribute their cash to the $1,000 grant. Guests board members contribute on an ad-hoc basis, and permanent board members participate every grant round!
If you'd like to join us as a guest or permanent board member, please email us: lakemac@awesomefoundation.org