He spent his childhood being dragged round old people’s homes as his gran carried out mercy missions delivering homemade jam and scones. Now teenage entrepreneur Fraser Doherty has decided to keep up the tradition by launching his own series of tea parties for elderly people. The young jam-maker, whose Super Jams brand sells in Morrisons, Tesco, Waitrose and Asda, wants to give older people somewhere to meet up with one another and make new friends.
Fraser, 19, first started making jam when he was just 14 to help raise some extra pocket money by selling it door-to-door. Made using his grandmother’s recipe, his jams use super-foods like blueberries and ginger and are made with grape juice instead of sugar to make them even healthier.
Fraser, who expects between 30 and 40 people to attend each event, said: “It’s about elderly people and young people coming together and having a party and learning about each other. The students who are involved are really excited about it.
According to Fraser, “Young people are demonised a lot of the time so this is also a good way for older people to say that this is not true.”
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Entrepreneur Creates Tea Parties for the Elderly
June 18, 2008 by Nicholas | 2 Comments
In Entrepreneurs
danakeith on June 18th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
nice thing he keeps his grannies idea, there’s possibility that it’ll lead him to become a well known entrepreneur soon.
cassy on June 23rd, 2008 at 1:55 am
Grannies knows best! Being with older people doesn’t mean a boring time, we can learn many thing on their.