Kelpy has had a busy first few months. It kicked off the year being featured on BBC Norfolk with Chris Goreham – we spoke about the tonnes of plastic waste in UK landfills and how biodegradable pregnancy tests could alleviate that issue.

Meanwhile, I’m still competing in UEA’s Change Makers Competition and will be pitching on stage on the 19th of March – wish me luck!

Kelpy also successfully entered two accelerator programmes. The first is a collaboration between StudentVenture x Canopy Community x UNiDAYS. The second is between Enactus x Ford Philanthropy. Both accelerators are 6-week virtual programmes culminating in a chance to pitch to investors.

Lastly, I’d like to thank all the survey respondents who have very generously given me their time. My market research survey is still open (https://forms.gle/VajbtCUZ48RRdeW89) if you’d like to contribute.

I’ll see you in the spring.

— Penelope Helbest, Founder