Freya Rose Archer of Portsmouth, known for her brand Freya Rose London, is an internationally acclaimed luxury shoe and jewellery designer stocked in store and online globally with renowned stores such as Nordstrom and Harvey Nichols. The Freya Rose gala was held at the Queens Hotel in Southsea, on Friday, November 15, 2024, for the Kings Trust Change A Girl’s Life initiative.
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00:00Hi, I'm Freya Rose. Freya, tell us where we are and what we're doing here tonight.
00:04We are at the Queen's Hotel in Southsea and tonight we're here hosting a gala
00:10in aid of the King's Trust Change a Girl's Life campaign. So tell me a little
00:14bit about that and your journey. Yeah, so I started my business 15 years ago. I was
00:20supported with the Prince's Trust Enterprise Scheme with a £3,000 loan
00:24and a mentor and really it's just about us now, you know, giving back to the
00:30charity that I feel deeply passionate about. I guess, you know, I really feel
00:36passionate about people that have come from disadvantaged backgrounds and the
00:42King's Trust do so much work to support them. And tell me a little bit about your
00:47business. So yeah, so I started as I said 15 years ago. My idea was to create a
00:54shoe brand that incorporated my knowledge of jewellery and so we're
00:58renowned for shoes with mother-of-pearl heels and that sort of incorporate
01:03jewelled features and so we call it a marriage of shoes and jewellery and we
01:07also now do a demi-fine jewellery collection. So tell me how you're feeling
01:12about tonight on the Gala Night. I'm feeling really nervous but also excited.
01:18I'm excited to see everybody, have a good time and raise vital funds for this
01:24amazing charity. So tonight obviously we're here to raise funds for the
01:28charity but it's also really important I think to create awareness about what the
01:33King's Trust does. I think that a lot of people always ask me the question what
01:38is it that the King's Trust does and they do so many things to help women,
01:42young women, young entrepreneurs, people getting back to work and so it's really
01:47important to create awareness for Portsmouth and the surrounding area to
01:50know all the work that's, everything that they can access from the
01:55King's Trust.