The SuperJam Tea Parties!

I was inspired to get involved in entertaining housebound elderly people by my Gran (who also taught me how to make jam). 

When she originally made jam, she would make jam and scones and cakes and take them to all the elderly people in her area. These were people who didn't ever get out of their homes and rarely had visitors so my Gran would take my brother and I with her and we would play our musical instruments or share stories with them to brighten up their day.

Caring for lonely elderly people in our area was something that we were always brought up with so I thought it would be nice to continue the theme on a big scale by setting up a project to run tea parties for the elderly.

Since April 2008, we have run well over 100 events, with up to 500 guests at each, all over Scotland, England and Wales. We have live music, dancing and, of course, SuperJam and scones! The guests have a wonderful afternoon every time, and are grateful of the opportunity to make new friends.  One guest even said that it made him 'feel like a person again', since he had made a new group of friends.

We also run a 'Tea Cosy of The Week' competition, where anyone can send in a hand knitted tea cosy for us to use at the events and be rewarded with a case of SuperJam.

If you would like to get involved in the Tea Parties project, you can read more here or sign up to receive details about upcoming events here.