Today I have a truly lovely lady sitting round my
pool and taking a break from her manic life. As well as being a full time carer,
Janice Rosser is the founder of a brand new dynamic web site that offers an amazing
amount of information on everyday life: Cooking, travel, health, reading and so
much more.
So please sit back, enjoy the sun and meet the
wonderful Janice. … take it away Janice!
Who
or what is Oapschat? People are asking me this daily.
Hi,
my name is Janice and I am the founder of www.oapschat.co.uk. Opaschat was born in April
2013 as a Facebook page. One lunchtime, my family and I were talking about the
lack of websites for over fifty fives. So I decided to look into this more
thoroughly. There are a few, but they are celebrity based or specific to
grandparents etc.
So
I decided to launch Oapschat FB page and post and comment about the silver and
golden years. A blog was set up and I started to write weekly columns on
health, money, lifestyle issues, relationships memories and much more. The FB
page grew slowly at first, but gradually I was having more and more likes. The
Daily Mail mentioned me and more likes followed. To date there are over 600. It
was in November that I decided I had enough material and confidence to launch
the website.
Since
that day, I have been writing articles on all kinds of topics. I now have over
thirty contributors to date and articles on all different subjects are posted
on an almost daily basis. Members can comment via disqus.
Raffles
are held monthly, sometimes more often. Firms, shops, businesses, authors and
many others donate prizes. A newsletter goes out once a month with my plans for
the coming weeks.
I
am overwhelmed to see that I am in the top 100 Independent Happy List!
What an honour. Thank you to those of you who voted for me. A local radio
interview followed and a slot in my local paper.
Oapschat
is well and truly born now and I hope it will continue to thrive. With your
support, I'm confident it will.
Congratulation Janice, a truly fabulous site. Wishing you fantastic success.
5 comments:
What a lovely pool you have Pauline and great to be sitting around it with you today. Thank you for inviting me.
Congratulations, Jan! A fab interview, ladies. Pauline, could you send some sun to Devon? MXXX
Hello ladies, always nice to learn more about a writer friend. I think the revamped OAP's Chat blog looks fab and would encourage everyone to check it out.
Hello Janice, it's a honour having you here. Thank you! x
Hello Margaret, sending hot sunshine to yoooooo :) x
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