Sign language therapist wins £30,000 national entrepreneur award The founder of the UK’s first sign language counselling service, Deaf4Deaf, has won the top prize at the Stelios Awards for Disabled Entrepreneurs in London. Victoria Nelson, who founded Deaf4Deaf in 2016, was presented with the top prize of £30,000 funding from easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou […]
We are delighted to invite you to participate in a pioneering initiative between The Stelios Philanthropic Foundation, The Gustavia Yacht Club (GYC) and the Jubilee Sailing Trust (JST), which seeks to provide transformative and life-enhancing adventures to people in the UK and from countries across the Mediterranean region. Over a three month period, we
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou & Leonard Cheshire congratulate all this year’s winners! Top 5 winners are Sarah Griffiths www.wheeliemomma.co.uk, Steve Hoyler www.adiaccess.co.uk RoomMate, Victoria Nelson www.deaf4deaf.com, Mike Wood Dinghies for Disabled & Sophia Wyatt www.sophiawyatt.co.uk all winning 10,000 pounds with a chance to win an overall award of 30,000 pounds. Shortlisted winners of 5,000 each are
On behalf of Sir Stelios and Neil Heslop, CEO of Leonard Cheshire, we want to thank everyone for applying to this year’s Stelios Awards for Disabled Entrepreneurs in the UK. We are very excited to have received 87 applications, all with a chance of winning part of the £100k being awarded to 10 entrepreneurs this
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, who graduated from Cass Business School with an MSc in Shipping, Trade & Finance in 1988, is delighted to be taking part in the 35th Anniversary of the Costas Grammenos Centre for Shipping, Trade and Finance combined with The 9th City of London Biennial Meeting “This World is Changing” 6th – 8th
At the beginning of the summer, we heard from James Washington, recipient of the first Stelios Disabled Pilots’ Scholarship, in partnership with The Air League, who said, ‘I am now approximately 9 hours in to my Stelios Disabled Pilots’ Scholarship, and enjoying every moment! I have settled on learning to fly mainly in a PA-28
Many congratulations Andy Kent on your book ‘White Light’! Love, loss and life combine in this inspiring account of a man who has always refused to give up and whose determination has helped so many people. Finalist of the Stelios Awards for Disabled Entrepreneurs in 2010. An inspiration to follow your dreams and never give
Many congratulations Andy Kent (Stelios Award finalist 2010) on your book White Light! Read More »
Biggest ever prizes for star business people. It has been 13 years since Sir Stelios set up the Stelios Award for Disabled Entrepreneurs with disability charity Leonard Cheshire, to celebrate and support the hard work of disabled people who have set up their own businesses. We’ve been proud to see our winners flourish, build their
Stelios Awards 2019, just over 2 weeks left to apply, double the number of awards… Read More »
“2019 marks the 10th Anniversary of the Fellowship. I will therefore be looking to ensure that we celebrate all that has been achieved so far, and also using this as an opportunity to drive ambitious growth so we support more talented young entrepreneurs than ever before” Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou – Chair, Enterprise Fellowship The Prince’s
2019 marks the 10th Anniversary of the Fellowship says Chair Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou Read More »
An update from our successful candidate James Washington: ‘I am now approximately 9 hours in to my Stelios Disabled Pilots’ Scholarship, and enjoying every moment! I have settled on learning to fly mainly in a PA-28 and I am getting as many flights in as I can, working around our typical British weather! I have
