SCHOOLS' Week: Kay Suppamas - The secret of my success

About Wandsworth Schools’ Week

For the final week in March, Wandsworth Enterprise Month will be delivering a series of workshops, assemblies and talks by young and established entrepreneurs in schools across Wandsworth borough*. These events are to help develop enterprise and work-related learning for pupils in Year 7 to Year 13.

'The secret of my success' is a series of inspiring talks as part of the Wandsworth Schools' Week programme. Successful Wandsworth-based entrepreneurs Arminder Dhillon, Jemal Peters, Daisy Matthews, Mike Smith, and Kay Suppamas, who will share their stories and how they got started in business.

*Booking is on a first come, first served basis, and only available to Wandsworth schools. Times can be amended slightly to accommodate your schedule.

Places are limited and one booking per school only!

About this session

Kay Suppamas, 29, is a digital designer at Designers Guild and founder of Leafage, a start-up specialising in running terrarium (a glass vessel filled with miniature plants) workshops, where people get to create and take home their own portable mini-garden. Kay realised the potential of ‘plant power’ after the tragic loss of her father in 2016, a successful businessman who was her biggest role model and source of inspiration. She set out on a path to find meaning and purpose in her life, and from the simplest of desires – to connect people and to inspire and cultivate a love of nature – Leafage was born.

Kay will share the challenges and joys of having a side hustle (making additional income while running a business), setting up and running a business, and how she’s used her creative transferable skills to do so.

Alternative slot available: Monday 25 March, 10.45–11.30am (Book here)