“I miss my Dad so much. When I feel lonely I listen to my CD and hearing his voice makes me feel better”                 

                Jake (age 7)

• Each year about 160,000 children in the UK suffer the trauma of the imprisonment of a parent. 
• Many of these children suffer feelings of abandonment, shame and isolation, often leading to poor performance at school and truancy. This can result in anti-social or delinquent behaviour - and the cycle of offending is perpetuated. Prisoners' children are three times more prone to significant mental health problems than their peers.
• Half of all imprisoned parents lose contact with their families - those that maintain contact are six times less likely to re offend upon release.

We enable imprisoned parents to read a bedtime story which is then enhanced with music and sound effects and sent to their children on a personalised CD.

“Storybook Dads has helped me to establish contact where everything else had failed. You cannot possibly imagine the difference you’ve made. Thank you!”

      (imprisoned Dad, HMP Dartmoor)