SOLDIERS can record a story for their children to listen to while they are away.

The Storybook Soldiers scheme, run by volunteers from the Army community, allows soldiers to record bedtime stories for their children to play back while they are deployed or away on a course. Music and sound effects are added to each story, which is put onto a CD and sent to the family.

For more information call 01980 650515, email storybooksoldiers@ hotmail.co.uk or visit storybooksoldiers.co.uk.