Victoria

Hi! I’m Victoria, I’ll be the one that will answer your phone calls and messages on email and social media.

You may also find me with your children from day to day assisting our managers and generally trying to keep up!! I set up Pouncing Panthers with my husband Justin in 2016 with a desire to provide outstanding childcare, where the children are desperate to go and once there, desperate to stay!

A little bit about me; my background is in fashion, graduating with a 2:1 from University before taking a vacancy at Jenny Packham and working my way up to Head Bridalwear Designer. After 5 years I made the bold decision to head off traveling the globe for a year, solo in 2005.

Spending the year visiting India, South East Asia, Australasia and South America I soaked in culture, experiences and new friendships. Bungy jumping, Sky Diving, sleeping under the stars at Uluru and climbing the Inca Trail in Machu Picchu were particular highlights but my time spent volunteering at the Tsunami Volunteer Centre in Koh Lak affected my outlook on life forever.

On my return I set up a successful lingerie design company in London called Fred & Ginger. My designs were featured on countless celebrities and in top fashion magazines such as Vogue and Elle. I directed a Fred & Ginger photoshoot on an hour long episode of Britain’s Next Top Model and my collections were sold in Selfridges amongst 70 other High End shops and boutiques around the world. I won ‘Cool Brand’ Status as well as Best Female Entrepreneur, South London, 2012.

Those years were quite the ride until I met Justin and everything changed! Boys eh?!

Married in 2012 it didn’t take us long before we were expecting Savannah, our first born, Jonty arrived just 20 months later! Business woman and mother of ‘two under two’ nearly broke me. That’s when we made the decision to close Fred & Ginger and move to the beautiful South Coast from the hustle and bustle of London… and we’ve never looked back!

We’ve absolutely loved getting Pouncing Panthers off the ground and meeting such wonderful local people that we can now call friends. We moved the family up to Southampton during lockdown to care for my elderly mother – we haven’t left yet!