We are very proud to announce that we are have been selected as a finalist for the 2022 CSJ awards. The winners are announced later this year... Read more
Read all about the impact of our work in our latest Annual Review Read more
We've been working hard to bring our coordinators a new selection of books to add to the old favourites.. Read more
From Mums and Dads in HMP Drake Hall and HMP Hollesley Bay. Read more
Our CEO Sharon, talks about the pleasure it brings her to enable prisoners to have meaningful contact with their children, the broader ways the scheme helps them to be rehabilitated and the pivot she was forced to make during lockdown. Read more
a recent InYourArea article by The Rotary Club of Tiverton Read more
We are celebrating National Storytelling Week because we know how important something that appears so simple really is. It is also Children's Mental Health Week which is another hugely important reason we continue to keep parents and children connected through the power of stories. Read more
Jo Farrar (HMPSS CEO) mentioned Storybook Dads in the Covid Prison update in Inside Time. Published 3rd January 2021 Read more
We are very proud to receive an award from the High Sheriff of Devon, Gerald Hine-Haycock, in recognition for our work with prisoners and their families. Read more
We had the honour of working with the lovely Chomo, a Pets As Therapy (PAT) dog. Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
Storybook Dads had the pleasure of meeting Princess Anne, who visited us at our Head Office and national editing suite based in HMP Channings Wood. Read more
Kid-friendly matinee indie/punk shows in Watford raising money for Storybook Dads. Includes activities for the kids and an all in inclusive and welcoming environment on a Sunday afternoon. Read more
Chief Executive of Libraries Unlimited, Ciara Eastell OBE and Vice Chair of the Board of trustees, David Lockwood, visited our HQ to present us with the cheque and have a tour of our editing suite. Read more
"Lewis was struggling in prison, feeling isolated from his young family and increasingly "cold". Then he was shown a way of doing something that many parents take for granted - reading to his children - and everything began to change...." Read more
Interview with CEO Sharon Berry and ex-prisoners and families for BBC World Service. First broadcast on 20th March 2019. Duration: 10 minutes Read more
Happy World Book Day 2019 from all of us at Storybook Dads and Storybook Mums Read more
Read the January 2019 issue of Your Voice; the monthly HMP Channings Wood newsletter Read more
Massive thank you to Fran, the library manager at HMP New Hall who has run Storybook Mums at New Hall for 15 years which has helped hundreds of children Read more
Read the December 2018 issue of Your Voice; the monthly HMP Channings Wood newsletter Read more