Free The Fresher began in 2015, when the founder and CEO Makaela Richardson was a university student in London. Paralysed by the cost of University and living in the city she went out searching for a service that provided her with school supplies and living essentials at a nominal fee. Realising the absence of such service inspired Miss Richardson to provide such for herself and students in the UK. Within its first year Free The Fresher acquired over 30,000 members.