Lost Forever
Photographs, letters and everyday memories disappear each time a child moves on.
Children's Services
Their Story, Their Way,Anywhere.
Storyteller brings life story work into the digital age, for the child and for the adult they will become.
The Problem
A story interrupted
1 in 10
children in care experience three or more home moves in a single year.
Every move puts their story at risk.
Scattered Stories
Pieces of a childhood sit with different carers, different homes and different systems.
Incomplete Identity
Young people reach adulthood without a clear picture of where they came from.
How Storyteller Helps
One Place for the Whole Childhood
Supports therapeutic life story work
Practitioners can build a story alongside the child, at the child's pace, with the right people contributing at the right moment.
Preserves moments that would otherwise be lost
The everyday things that slip away between homes and schools are captured as they happen, from any device, in seconds.
Eases transitions
When a child moves, their story moves with them, so new carers and new teams start with understanding rather than a blank page.
When a placement changes
The story arrives before she does
Her new foster family has already added a letter, a photo of her room and the street she will live on. She reads it on the way there, so the first day is less of a stranger.
Their Circle
Everyone Who Matters, in One Story
The ChildAt the centre
Child's social workerFoster familySiblingsIROSupervising social workerTeam managersTeachersPersonal advisorTeaching assistantsBirth parentsResidential workersSchool friendsFriends from previous homesCoaches and activity leadersLife story practitionersTherapistsVirtual head teachersFlexible access, with different permissions, for whoever is trusted and meaningful to the child, at no additional cost.
The Circle
Everyone who cares, in one place
Invite family, friends and carers to build, collaborate on and share the story.
Evidence Based
2025 research says Digital Life Story Work should:
Start now, rather than waiting for a moment of transition.
Capture everyday moments, not just milestones and formal records.
Be flexible and person-centred, shaped around the individual child.
Centre the child's voice, so the story is told in their own words.
Include training and support for the adults around the child.
Prompt future storytelling, so the story keeps growing over time.
Capture everyday moments
Capture the everyday moments, as they happen.
Not just milestones and formal records. A photo from the side of the track becomes a Moment in their Story in seconds.
84
Moments added by the people in her Circle
12
People in the Circle, from grandparents to her social worker
6
Chapters, from early years to her new home
Example figures from a demo story used in Storyteller marketing.
Testimonials
Trusted by the People on the Front Line
“People get really fearful of what life story work is... actually it's so different for each child... what is it that you think the child needs and wants to know, versus what the child thinks too... With Storyteller so many people can play different roles. It would be incredible to see this embedded across the country... rather than a postcode lottery.”
Carly Quinn
Social Worker
“...it just shows how beneficial it is for the children. We can spend years trying to help some of our children to try and find coping strategies, try and find ways to manage trauma, note milestones in their life. Jack has always struggled with areas of remembrance and celebrating. Actually this is just a natural coping mechanism for him, it's simple, not complicated.”
Katie Brittain
Therapeutic Practitioner
“When one truly understands the benefits and potential for children who get lost in the system, that's the benefit we are talking about, knowing who we are, were and could be.”
Paulette Hallam
Best selling Author, care experienced
“It's really nice to have, it's nice to think like... I look back on that picture now and everyone'll say oh, I look exactly the same... whereas I see someone completely different. It's nice to see how I've physically grown and mentally grown, to be the person I am today.”
'Jack', aged 14
Young person, shared with consent
“Such an incredible platform. Giving children in care the chance to tell their own story is so powerful. Identity and having a voice matter so much.”
Jayne Tanti
Care experienced CEO and consultant to Ministry of Justice
“I bloody love this and think our collaboration is perfect for change. I really support the work you are leading in this.”
Lucy Barnes
Award winning barrister, care experienced
“I really like the approach you have taken in developing this tool in consultation with the sector, it's what differentiate[s] you from others and you are doing a phenomenal job at it!”
Augusta Itua
Children's Rights Lawyer, care experienced
“AfterCloud is the perfect partner for us. As a Local Authority that values innovation and collaboration we appreciate how super responsive and flexible they are, and how genuinely invested in learning... a practical, thoughtful partnership shaped by our shared goals.”
Courtney Horne
Telford & Wrekin Council
“What an incredible difference it can make to people's sense of self and belonging!”
Liz Utting
Forensic Psychologist
Regulatory alignment
Storyteller is built to support the expectations Ofsted inspects against. Identity work, records and a child's understanding of their own history sit squarely within ILACS and the Children's Homes Quality Standards, and Storyteller gives teams a clear, contemporaneous record of that practice rather than evidence assembled after the fact. The draft Fostering Quality and Development Standards consultation is open until 16 September 2026, and we are following it closely so fostering services stay ready for what follows.
Reference authority
Telford and Wrekin Council is our named reference local authority for children's services, and is happy to speak with teams considering Storyteller.
Pricing
Simple and unlimited
Simple, unlimited-user pricing per organisation, with discounts available via the G-Cloud 15 framework. Get a tailored quote.
The one story every person deserves to keep, their own.
See Storyteller with your own team in mind
Book a live walkthrough shaped around how your social workers, carers and practitioners already work. Prefer to start with paperwork? Request our RFI answer pack and we will send it over.
Social impact
A percentage of every Storyteller subscription is donated to Comfort Cases UK, helping provide dignity and essential items to children entering the care system.