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wherever you are… Stories
T
he RAF Association has announced that Storybook Wings is now open to all RAF parents separated from
their children by duty.
Storybook Wings has been providing a vital link between serving RAF personnel deployed overseas and their children since 2008. It enables parents to record bedtime stories, along with personal messages, for their children to listen to while they are away, helping to ease the anxiety caused by separation. Now it doesn’t matter whether you are two or 2,000 miles apart, you can still send a story.
Lisa Thipthorp, manager of the Storybook Wings project said: “Initially stories could only be recorded by parents who were deployed overseas for a minimum of three months. We recognise that children who have to be away from their parent for shorter periods of time because of working away during the week suffer from separation anxiety too. And the RAF Association is also keen to support the welfare needs of these families.
“The RAF Association provides recording equipment to parents for them to record their chosen stories. Thanks to generous donations from members and the general public the Association is able to fund the special editing and sound mixing equipment needed by our volunteer editors. Once edited, a soundtrack is added to give each story a really special feel. The completed CD is then sent to the children in a personalised CD cover, and is ready for them to listen to whenever they like.”
If you’re going to be separated from your child or children and would like to record a bedtime story for them, contact your local HIVE or Lisa Thipthorp, storybookwings@
rafa.org.uk
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Lisa is also keen to hear from anyone interested in becoming a volunteer story
editor – no experience necessary as training is provided. To find out more about Storybook Wings visit
www.rafa.org.uk/storybook
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