Fundraisers | Storybook Dads

Liz Stuart London Marathon

Liz Stuart

Storybook Dads help parents in prison to record bedtime stories and messages for their children on CD or DVD. I'm using my Good For Age place in the 2020 Virgin London Marathon to raise money for this hugely effective service.

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Families on Film

Our Families on Film project helps to keep imprisoned parents in touch with their children. Children/immediate family members can record videos at home, send it to us and we will get it to their loved one in prison, on DVD.

Swaps

Started because of Covid-19 restrictions. Prisoners and their children ‘swap’ a pack of activity sheets so they can learn interesting and fun stuff about each other.

Families on Film (HMP Guys Marsh)

Families on Film (HMP Wetherby)

Our story

Storybook Dads is a multi-award winning charity, well-known and respected in the prison estate...but back in 2002 it was a very different story! Click here to find out more about our humble beginnings.

Volunteer

"I think Storybook Dads staff probably see the best side of prisoners as most Dads love and miss their children very much."

Where we work

The scheme runs in approximately 100 prisons in the UK, including women’s prisons and youth offender institutes. Click here to find out which prisons we are currently working with

Story CDs and DVDs

Every year we help over 5,000 prisoners to record bedtime stories for their children. By sending a story disc to their children, parents can bring comfort to their children and share the joy of storytelling from behind bars. Our friendly team are there to help less confident readers and the editing process means that even non-readers can take part.

Sharon's Story

Awards

We are incredibly proud that our innovative work has been recognised and has earned us a number of prestigious awards over the years.

Training/Work Experience

Recordings from prisons all over the UK are sent to our headquarters and main production centre at HMP Channings Wood in Devon. Our sixteen prisoner editors are trained to use industry standard audio / video software to make the stories into extra special gifts for the children.

Annual reviews

Read about the impact of our work in our Annual Reviews.

Workshops

We help prisoners to make other educational and fun gifts such as memory books, calendars, challenge charts and pop-up books. A lot of work and creativity goes into these activities and the children love their personalised gifts. Some of these activities are ideal for older children.