Wymondhammer Catherine Gray has been crowned one of the UK’s most impressive entrepreneurs by Small Business Britain’s ‘f:Entrepreneur #IAlso100’ campaign, which celebrates inspiring female business leaders. Catherine Gray, who founded Cup-O-T: Wellness and Therapy Services in 2017, is profiled among 100 inspirational female entrepreneurs from across the country, as part of the campaign to celebrate the multi-achievements of women running businesses in the UK today. Cup-O-T: Wellness and Therapy Services provides mental health support and training to young people aged 7-25, families and the community in Norfolk.

The f:Entrepreneur ‘#IAlso100’ line-up particularly showcases trailblazing female founders who lead purpose-driven businesses alongside a roster of other responsibilities, such as volunteering, mentoring and community support.

Indeed, Catherine was also called out for her volunteering for Love Her Wild, a non-profit organisation supporting women to get outside adventuring, and her volunteering co-lead role in South Norfolk and Broadland Health and Wellbeing Partnership in the Mental Health and Wellbeing Priority Delivery Group.

On being featured in the #ialso100 lineup, Catherine said: “I am thrilled to be included in this list of female entrepreneurs. Norfolk has a strong social enterprise background with lots of support available. Being part of f:Entrepreneur provides the opportunity to inspire, grow and support more women in business. Social enterprise businesses often develop from a person’s own lived experience. I received mental health services as a teenager that didn’t suit my needs. I saw the same pattern happening as a therapist for today’s young people and wanted to change that. Cup-O-T does things a bit differently and works in partnership with young people, families and other local organisations to make a change in how mental health support is provided. We provide therapy and training in the community and from our woodland space to shift how things are traditionally done.”

Launched in 2017 by Small Business Britain – the leading champion of small businesses in the UK - the f:Entrepreneur campaign aims to raise greater awareness of the impact of incredible female business owners across the country, and help provide inspiration and role models to the wider small business community.

The campaign offers a host of events, training, and networking opportunities to boost skills, capability, and confidence.

“It’s wonderful to have Catherine from Cup-O-T: Wellness and Therapy Services feature in this year’s #IAlso100 – all of the female entrepreneurs in this year’s line-up are simply phenomenal,” said Michelle Ovens CBE, founder of Small Business Britain.

“It is vital that we recognise the impressive contribution of the UK’s female business owners and do all we can to support and encourage them throughout their entrepreneurial journey, from start-up to scale-up. As well as making a huge economic contribution to the UK, female entrepreneurs also create a wider positive impact that ripples across society and local communities too.”

See the full line-up of the 100 women featured in this year’s f:Entrepreneur #IAlso100 campaign here.