Last December, she launched Fit SW11 Apparel, London’s first charity bank dedicated to providing free fitness clothing, shoes and equipment to women facing financial difficulties.

The pandemic has taken a bigger financial toll on women than men, with many struggling to afford to buy athleisure. Researchers from the universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Zurich have found that women in the UK are more likely to have lost their job than men over the past year.

In addition, sending unworn clothing to women who are unemployed or on low-income benefits the environment because reusing clothing minimises wastage which promotes sustainable fitness.

“My plan was to post 100 pictures of clothes on Instagram and ask women whether they’d want them,” Sparman recalls. “But the following kept growing, and I was suddenly getting messages from women all over asking to donate.” It’s been almost seven months since she started the charity, and she’s received well over 2,000 items of clothing.

On a whim, she messaged make-up artist Bobbi Brown about her initiative, who immediately replied asking if she could be on Sparman’s advisory board, endorse the charity on Instagram and introduce her to a PR team.

Accessible fitness: meet the founder of London’s first fitness clothing bank for women