Celebrating Entrepreneurial Brilliance: EPIC Awards 2025 Returns this October

The EPIC Awards 2025, a flagship celebration of entrepreneurial talent and innovation, will take place on Friday 24th October 2025. Hosted by the Martin James Network’s EPIC Entrepreneurs programme, the event will once again shine a spotlight on the inspiring journeys of young entrepreneurs and the power of business to create meaningful change.

Now in its 4th year, the EPIC Awards brings together entrepreneurs, mentors, sponsors, and supporters from across the UK to honour those who have shown resilience, creativity, and true entrepreneurial spirit.

This year’s awards are made possible thanks to the generous support of a range of sponsors, including many EPIC Alumni who have returned to give back to the programme that helped shape their own journeys. Each sponsor champions a specific category that reflects their own values and areas of expertise:

• AKG Media: Headline Sponsor

• Bray Wealth Management: Drinks Sponsor

• Martin James Foundation: Inclusion Champion

• Arundell People Services: Health and Wellness Champion

• Feldon Haynes, Feldulux: Champion of Change

• Founders Faculty: Retail Gamechanger

• Top Tours Global: Practical Prodigy

• Ormerod Rutter: Visionary Innovator

• Arconic Foundation: Strength in Adversity

• Plus 5 members of our EPIC Alumni as joint sponsors, Ivetta Pudilova (National Neurodiversity Training), Osagie Obauk (OBA UK), Alexios Zachariades-Layland (Gumbudii UK), Charlie Ferriman (Neurodiversity Global Ltd) and James Petts (Proud Phonenix Club): EPIC Spirit Award

  
  

Giving Back to the Next Generation

Many of this year’s sponsors are graduates of the EPIC Entrepreneurs programme themselves, highlighting the cycle of mentorship and support that sits at the heart of EPIC. By sponsoring categories and supporting the awards, these alumni are not only celebrating their own progress but also helping pave the way for future changemakers.

The 2025 awards ceremony promises to be a night of inspiration, with powerful stories of courage, innovation, and perseverance set to take centre stage. Alongside the awards presentations, guests can expect networking opportunities, thought-provoking insights, and a celebration of the EPIC community’s collective achievements.

About EPIC

We believe in breaking generational cycles of disadvantage, where young people overcome significant life obstacles and are equipped with the skills, tools and resilience to realise their business goals and entrepreneurial aspirations.

Since 2019, we've been closing the gap for disadvantaged youth, focussing primarily on those who are navigating the care system, by providing the coaching, skills, mentorship, and funding they need to launch successful businesses through our three month programme and beyond.

For more information about the EPIC Awards 2025, visit: www.epicfuture.co.uk/epic-awards