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UK Young Entrepreneur Awards 2025 invitation to hybrid awards ceremony taking place on 27th March at 11am GMT

The Stelios Philanthropic Foundation invites guests to attend, via Zoom, the hybrid awards ceremony for the Stelios UK Young Entrepreneur Awards 2025, taking place on Thursday, 27th March 2025, from 11am to 11:45am GMT. Now in its second year, the awards received 180 applications, with three winners sharing a total prize fund of £300,000. The […]

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A total of 177 applications received for the 2025 Stelios Foundation UK Young Entrepreneur Awards.

The Stelios Philanthropic Foundation has received 177 applications for this year’s Young Entrepreneur Awards UK, which support young business founders across the country.  The awards launched for the first time in 2024. This year, the total prize fund is £300,000, with the top prize winner receiving £150,000, second place will win £100,000 and third place

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Revised deadline for Stelios Awards for Young Entrepreneurs in the UK, now Thursday 20 February 2025 at 5pm. As at 7 Feb25 more than 20 applications have been received with more than £1m in revenues. Revised turnover criteria is now £500k.

UPDATE AS AT 7 FEBRUARY 2025, REVISED TURNOVER REQUIREMENT DUE TO A VERY HIGH RESPONSE RATE NOW £500K TURNOVER. OVER 20 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED ALREADY WITH £1M IN REVENUES. Revised deadline for Stelios Awards for Young Entrepreneurs in the UK of Thursday 20th February at 5pm. We are excited to see such an incredible response and

Revised deadline for Stelios Awards for Young Entrepreneurs in the UK, now Thursday 20 February 2025 at 5pm. As at 7 Feb25 more than 20 applications have been received with more than £1m in revenues. Revised turnover criteria is now £500k. Read More »

Correction as at 3 Feb25, revised deadline now Thursday 20 Feb25 at 5pm. Stelios launches young entrepreneur awards 2025! £300k in cash prizes for three young UK entrepreneur awards for start ups with at least £500k revenue as at 7Feb25.

Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the creator and owner of the easy family of brands (www.easy.com, www.easyHistory.info) is offering cash prizes totalling £300,000 to three young entrepreneurs in the UK for the second year. The awards will be open from 6 January 2025 for owners of start-ups younger than 34 years old born in 1990 or later.

Correction as at 3 Feb25, revised deadline now Thursday 20 Feb25 at 5pm. Stelios launches young entrepreneur awards 2025! £300k in cash prizes for three young UK entrepreneur awards for start ups with at least £500k revenue as at 7Feb25. Read More »

London School of Economics (LSE) expresses gratitude to Sir Stelios for Stelios Scholarship Support

The Stelios Philanthropic Foundation is pleased to have received a thank-you letter from LSE for the £255,000 pledge supporting the LSE Stelios Scholarship. View the letter here. For over 20 years, this partnership has enabled talented students to access education regardless of their background. We marked this milestone with past and present LSE Stelios scholars at

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€107m cumulative total of donations given by the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation

The Stelios Philanthropic Foundation has published its annual report and financial statements for the year ended 30th September 2024, confirming that the cumulative total of donations given by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou for his charitable foundations since 2010 amounts to €107m (£89m). Find out more here: Stelios Philanthropic Foundation annual report & financial statements for year

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£255,000 raised for 10 new London School of Economics (LSE) UK Stelios Scholarships

An incredible £255,000 has been raised so far since this weekend’s Stelios Scholars 20 year reunion in Monaco. Thank you to all the scholars for their donations which have been matched by the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation raising £255,000 in total and enabling a further 10 UK scholarships, commencing Autumn 2025. The Foundation encouraged past LSE Stelios Scholars

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Sir Stelios and 60 other generous philanthropists and proud parents of students in Monaco raise €102,000 euro for The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation!

Sir Stelios and 60 other generous philanthropists and proud parents of students in Monaco raise €102,000 euro for The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation, in support of young people, during a charity dinner in the presence of HRH The Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh KG KT GCVO , Chair of the Award www.intaward.org .

Sir Stelios and 60 other generous philanthropists and proud parents of students in Monaco raise €102,000 euro for The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation! Read More »

Sir Stelios announces winners of the 16th year of the Disabled Entrepreneur Awards, gifting £200,000 to 3 worthy disabled entrepreneurs

Stelios Awards for Disabled Entrepreneurs 2024

Leading disability charity Leonard Cheshire and Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou have unveiled the winners of the Stelios Awards for Disabled Entrepreneurs 2024 in a ceremony in central London today (Tuesday 9th July) hosted by the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation. The awards, now in their 16th year, offer a grand total of £200,000 in prizes for 3 disabled

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