Our 2025 Annual Review

Read all about the impact of our work in our latest Annual Review Read more

Meet Lesley

Meet Lesley, one of our prison coordinators at HMP Bullingdon Read more

Meet Idrisse

Meet Idrisse, one of our prison coordinators at HMP Thameside Read more

Meet Linda

Meet Linda, one of our prison Coordinators at HMP Coldingley. Read more

Research Participation Opportunity: Did you experience parental imprisonment?

A research team from the Faculty of Medicine & Health Science, University of Nottingham, is conducting research into the psychological and social impacts of parental imprisonment. Read more

Our 2024 Annual Review

Read all about the impact of our work in our latest Annual Review Read more

Unseen Victims

Unseen Victims aims to provide support and assistance to the loved ones of individuals involved in the criminal justice system. Read more

Storybook Dads included amongst global organisations on Unesco

We are very proud to be one of sixteen global organisations included in UIL’s new collection of inspiring practices in prison education and prison libraries. Read more

Temporary closure of HMP Dartmoor

We have temporarily relocated our headquarters and editing suite to an office in the community.  This has not affected our editing and production service for our member prisons (currently 102 prisons nationwide). Read more

We did it!

Absolutely delighted and truly honoured to win the Children and Youth Category at this year's Charity Awards. Read more

The Charity Awards 2024

We are very proud to announce that we have been shortlisted for this year's charity awards Read more

Thank you to The Brothers Trust

for inviting us to Tom Holland's Posh Pub Quiz. The Brothers Trust (Tom Holland and his three brothers) aim to shine a light on charities who struggle to be heard. Read more

Our 2022 Annual Review

Read all about the impact of our work in our latest Annual Review Read more

International Literacy Day

On this International Literacy day, we are very proud to be playing a part in improving Literacy levels in prison. What better way to encourage someone to engage with reading than being able to read a bedtime story to their child... Read more

CSJ Award 2022

We are very proud to announce that we are have won a 2022 Centre for Social Justice Award! Read more

New year, new stories!

We've been working hard to bring our coordinators a new selection of books to add to the old favourites.. Read more

A special Thank You

From Mums and Dads in HMP Drake Hall and HMP Hollesley Bay. Read more

Podcast: The Extraordinary Ordinary

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

'Delight for children who receive bedtime stories from their imprisoned parent'

a recent InYourArea article by The Rotary Club of Tiverton Read more

What’s in a story?

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

Storybook Dads mentioned in Covid prison update

Jo Farrar (HMPSS CEO) mentioned Storybook Dads in the Covid Prison update in Inside Time. Published 3rd January 2021 Read more