Help At Hand During Deployment
Members of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines deploy more frequently than Personnel in other services.
These Deployments can be a difficult time not only for Serving Personnel, but also for the Families they leave behind.
That's why the Royal Navy has made a special commitment to helping Service Personnel's parents, spouses, partners and children to maintain their physical and emotional wellbeing during times of separation.
With Storybook Waves from Aggie Weston, deployed Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel can maintain the link with their children by recording a bedtime story for the child to listen to in their absence.
Once the story has been recorded, Aggie Weston volunteers add a soundtrack and create a personalised CD for each child so that he or she can listen to the parents voice whenever they want.
Recording a story is easy, and there are recording centres in convenient locations throughout the UK. There are also transportable kits so that stories can be recorded even while on deployment.