Awards for Disabled Entrepreneurs in the UK

Katherine Fortnum in her workshop working on her ceramics. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER NNL-170111-091406005

A ceramics maker and teacher from Market Harborough has overcome a brain haemorrhage as a teenager to win a national prize. Katherine Fortnum (27), a former Robert Smyth pupil, is one of just five finalists in the national Stelios Awards for Disabled Entrepreneurs 2017.

Read more at: http://www.harboroughmail.co.uk/news/harborough-artist-wins-uk-prize-for-her-ceramics-1-8228297

 Applications are now open for the 2017 Stelios Awards for Disabled Entrepreneurs in the UK.

The deadline is: 6 October 2017

A total of £70,000 will be won:

• top prize of £30,000 to the overall winner
• four prizes of £10,000 to four other finalists

And this year the award is open to all forms of entrepreneurship (including pre-revenue start-ups). 

EasyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou and leading international charity Leonard Cheshire Disability announced today Alex Papanikolaou from Glasgow is the winner of the Stelios Award for disabled entrepreneurs 2016 and the £30,000 prize money.

 Check out the winners of this year's Stelios UK Awards for Disabled Entrepreneurs! Each of them will win at least £10k tomorrow!

· Five finalists handpicked by Sir Stelios each win £10,000

· Companies on the shortlist include: app for restaurant menus, portable gyms for wheelchair users, inclusive training and community engagement, and sports facilities for disabled people.

· Winner will win a further £20,000 at an award ceremony on 10 November 2016

Record number of applicants for this year's Stelios Awards for Disabled Entrepreneurs in the UK, in partnership with Leonard Cheshire Disability!
The winners will be announced on November the 10th, 2016!
We wish good luck to all the applicants! 

Two of our past winners of the Award for Disabled Entrepreneurs in the UK are featured in this year's Power 100 issue.

A total of £70,000 in cash prizes  to be won this year, a grand total of £570,000 since 2006.

This year the overall winner will win £30,000 & an additional 4 shortlisted applicants will win £10,000 each.

Deadline: 10th of October 2016