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On 28 May 2026, Stelios Foundation Relaunches €500,000 North–South Business Cooperation Awards on the island of Ireland 2026!
Thursday 28 May 2026Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, creator and owner of the easy family of brands including easyJet.com, easyHotel.com and many others (see www.easy.com and www.easyHistory.info) and the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation (see stelios.foundation and stelios.ie) – has today announced the return of the North–South Business Cooperation Awards, a major initiative designed...
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The Stelios Awards for Disabled Entrepreneurs in the UK 2026 documentary
The Stelios Philanthropic Foundation, continues its commitment to supporting entrepreneurship through the Stelios Awards for Disabled Entrepreneurs in the UK.
This film follows the 2026 awards, delivered in partnership with Leonard Cheshire, where £300,000 in cash prizes are awarded to outstanding disabled entrepreneurs.
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Official photos and video from the North-South Business Cooperation Awards Ireland 2026
If you missed the awards ceremony, you can watch the full video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/SXgDY9SJ8TA
View full articleThe winners have arrived at Castle Leslie for the Stelios Foundation North-South Business Cooperation Awards 2026!
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View full articleWatch Live Today: Stelios North–South Business Cooperation Awards Ceremony
Today, Wednesday 28 October 2026, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou and the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation will award €500,000 in cash prizes to nine winners who are helping to strengthen business cooperation across the island of Ireland. The awards ceremony will take place at Castle Monaghan, starting at 11:30am. Watch the awards ceremony...
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Stelios Foundation awards €500,000 to cross-border entrepreneurs The North-South Business Co-operation Awards rewards eleven businesses spanning farming technology, food and healthcare secure awards Belfast watchmaker Nomadic Watches takes €150,000 top prize Monaghan – 28th October 2026: Belfast watchmaker Nomadic Watches, which sells to customers in more than 45 countries and counts...
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Sir Stelios calls for applications for the Awards for Disabled Entrepreneurs in the UK as from 7 May 2024
Leading disability charity Leonard Cheshire and Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, creator and owner of the easy family of brands including easyJet (see www.easyHistory.info) and founder and president of the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation, are proud to launch the Stelios Awards for Disabled Entrepreneurs in the UK 2024 now in their 16th year.
The Awards offer financial prizes for disabled entrepreneurs in the UK. A top prize of £100,000 and two finalist prizes of £60,000 and £40,000 are up for grabs for this year’s winners, offering £200,000 in cash prizes in total for 2024.
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THE STELIOS PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION
Set up by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou (stelios.org):
ABOUT THE UK FOUNDATION
Stelios, born in Athens, Greece, is a dual citizen of the UK and Cyprus. Stelios’ parents were born in Cyprus when the island was a British colony.
Stelios was educated in the UK at the London School of Economics (1987) and City University (1988) and started his best known business easyJet.com at Luton Airport, north of London, UK in 1995.
The easy family of brands managed by easyGroup which is Stelios’ private investment company is now headquartered at 10 Ansdell Street, Kensington, London easy.com.
Stelios has also created his own philanthropic foundation in the UK (UK Charity No 1441206 & Company No 07567138). It is headquartered at 34 Thurloe Square, South Kensington SW7 2SR. This grade 2 listed building at this prestigious address is available to other UK charities to host their own charitable events there by agreement for free.
In 2017 Sir Stelios joined the Giving Pledge, the global movement of philanthropists led by Bill Gates and Warren Buffet who have committed to give half their fortunes to a good cause , during their life times or by will.
Some of the recurring charity projects in the UK are listed below as well as the latest news and events that are happening in London.
Stelios is best known for creating easyJet and the easyFamily of brands in 1995 in London when he was 28 years old.
Today he and his family are the largest shareholders of easyJet PLC but he also owns the intellectual property rights to the easyFamily of brands including easyJet via his private company easyGroup limited



