What we do

Our goal is simple. We want to educate and support girls in sport and build their confidence to inspire enjoyment and longevity. We want to build a community to support women in sport and are starting out with the very first, all female, swim clinic.

Women and girls face many problems whilst growing up, such as, issues with body confidence, life/work balance and dealing with a menstrual cycle. Now throw competing in a sport into the mix!

“64% of girls quit sport by the time they finish puberty. From personal experience, sport, and swimming in general, has brought me so much confidence and joy. This is what makes this statistic so upsetting. All of the team here want to make sport as accessible as possible, and starting with FAST and female, providing support and education, is our first step.”

-Freya Anderson

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CURRENT CLINICS

January 4th 2026

Wythenshawe, Manchester

Join the FAST and Female team in Manchester for a full day clinic running from 9am-4pm.

Learn from 2x Olympian, Freya Anderson MBE on how to maximise stroke efficiency and work on holding your skills under pressure.

Education on the menstrual cycle, nutrition and how best to fuel your body. We hold a panel discussion on swim/life balance and discuss our teams stories on subjects around what it’s like being a female in sports.

Try out Pilates, an exercise great for tuning into your body and using all the minor muscles, ones that will help stabilise you in the water.

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Meet the Team

Dr Emily Jevons

Lead nutritionist and Physiologist
Emily attained a 1st class honours degree in Sports and Exercise Science, and then went on to pursue a PhD in Exercise Metabolism and Nutrition
Emily is passionate about helping keep girls in sport and currently is an endurance athlete herself, competing in triathlon!
Jen Rice

Lead coach
Jen is a high performance coach based in Bristol, England. She has supported athletes up to every level, from regional to international.
Jen came from a swimming background and competed in the Commonwealth Games for Wales.
Jen brings coaching expertise alongside swimming experience
Freya Anderson MBE

Founder of FAST and Female
Freya is a professional swimmer, with an impressive collection of medals from the Olympics, World Championships, European championships and the Commonwealth Games.
Freya has been swimming for over 15 years competitively and has experienced a lot, whether it’s competing at the World Championships whilst doing her GCSES or coming back from a severe back injury.
Freya realises how much sport has given her and wants to encourage girls to stay in sport and get the help and education they need