Give Us Time Podcast

Give Us Time: PTSD Awareness Month

June 28, 2021 04:00 - 47 minutes - 44.2 MB

This month is a PTSD Awareness Month to raise awareness we are releasing a new podcast episode with our inspirational Ambassador and podcast host Scotty Darroch. During this episode we have an informal chat and will be discussing PTSD and his own personal battle with PTSD. We talk about what it is like living with PTSD and the coping mechanism Scotty has found to help him. Hosting the episode is Give Us Time Communications and Office Coordinator Alex Youngs. Disclaimer: The Views and opinio...

Give Us Time Podcast: Mark Ormrod

June 11, 2021 03:00 - 51 minutes - 47.7 MB

Give Us Time Podcast: Mark Ormrod During the episode we discuss his life, from joining the Royal Marines at 17 to Christmas Eve 2007 when he stepped on and triggered an Improvised Explosive Device during an operational tour to Afghanistan, resulting in the loss of both legs above the knee and his right arm. This injury did need stop him though, after leaving the military he has gone on to do some remarkable achievements. We discuss his recovery and how he has gone on to win gold medals at ...

Give Us Time Podcast: Lt Col. Nick Ord

May 07, 2021 03:00 - 54 minutes - 50.7 MB

During this episode we talk to Lt Col. Nick Ord. Nick served in the Black Watch and during his career he was deployed on operational duties to Kosovo and Iraq. On leaving the Army he requalified as a doctor and has currently been working during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. We discuss his military career and what it has been like being a doctor over the past 12 months. Hosting the episode is Give Us Time Communications and Office Coordinator Alex Youngs. Disclaimer: The Views and opini...

Give Us Time Podcast: Heledd Kendrick

April 22, 2021 03:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MB

During this episode we talk to CEO & Founder of Recruit for Spouses Heledd Kendrick. Heledd is the CEO & Founder of Recruit for spouses. For those of you who don’t know Recruit for Spouses is an independent social enterprise dedicated to supporting, championing and finding gainful employment for our amazing armed forces spouses. It launched in 2009 to help wives and partners into work. Since then, they have helped almost 6,000 partners of military workers – mostly wives – into jobs around th...

Give Us Time Podcast: Dean Stott

April 07, 2021 02:00 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MB

During the episode we will be talking to former Special Forces operator Dean Stott. We discuss his military career from joining Royal Engineers to going on to pass Special Forces selection and becoming one of the first Army soldiers to join the Special Boat Service (SBS). We also discuss his life after the military and how he went onto become a double World Record Holder when he cycled the entire 14,000-mile length of the Pan-American Highway (PAH), the longest motorable road in the world....

Give Us Time Podcast: Andy Shaw Part 2

March 24, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour - 85 MB

Trigger Warning: This episode features some content that listeners might find destressing During the podcast we will be talking to Andy Shaw about his experience in the Falklands war. At the height of the Falklands War, he was a rifle troop commander in charge of 32 men, and was tasked with operating independently from his unit, in no man’s land. During the war he was involved in a blue on blue this led to him developing PTSD which overtime brought an end Military career. He bought an old...

Give Us Time Podcast: Andy Shaw Part 1

March 17, 2021 08:00 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MB

During the podcast we will be talking to is Andy Shaw, a former Royal Marine Commando. He joined the Royal Marine’s at 22 years old and passed out of training as the top recruit and later was awarded was the Royal Marines Sword of Honour for best Young Officer during his career. During part one we will talk about how we ran away to sea when he was 16 and how he went on to circumnavigating the globe three times before joining the Royal Marines. We also talk what it was like going on his firs...

Give Us Time Podcast: Jess Sands

March 08, 2021 06:00 - 49 minutes - 46.2 MB

During the podcast we will be talking to Jess Sands. She is the founder of The Milspo Network which has over 900 military spouses, partners, and other-half members who are connecting, networking and building successful businesses. She started off doing her a podcast series called The InDependent Spouse® podcast – a series of amazing weekly podcasts which explores the world of running a business by chatting to our inspiring military entrepreneurs. Hosting the episode is Give Us Time Communi...

Give Us Time Podcast: Anna Boggi

February 26, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour - 81.4 MB

During this episode we will be talking to Anna Boggi. For those regular listeners of the podcast, you will remember Anna from our episode with her husband; army veteran and triple amputee, Josh Boggi. In this episode, we talk with Anna about her life; from when she first met Josh as kids, to how they reconnected all those years later, and discuss Josh’s terrible cycling accident in Majorca. Hosting the episode is Give Us Time Communications and Office Coordinator, Alex Youngs. Disclaimer: ...

Give Us Time Podcast: Ken Hames

February 16, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 69.3 MB

During the podcast we will be talking to former Special Forces Operator Ken Hames. Ken is a truly remarkable man he spent 25 years in the British Military. He started his career as a tank driver before going onto wear the green beret on the Royal Marines and finally going on to join the world-famous SAS where he spent 16 years of his career. Hosting the episode is Give Us Time Communications and Office Coordinator Alex Youngs. Disclaimer: The Views and opinions expressed in this podcast are...

Give Us Time Podcast: Jaco Van Gass

February 05, 2021 09:46 - 1 hour - 85.9 MB

During the podcast we will be talking to Jaco Van Gass an Army veteran who served in the Parachute Regiment. During his time with the para’s Jaco was deployed to Afghanistan and in 2009 during his second tour he sustained a serious injury resulting in the loss of his left arm. We will be discussing his life so far from the day of his injury to his road to recovery and finally some of the amazing accomplishments he has done, from trekking to the North Pole and climbing Everest. Hosting the ...

Give Us Time Podcast: Mark Elliott

January 28, 2021 11:36 - 1 hour - 63.8 MB

During this episode we will be talking with Mark Elliot. Mark joined the Grenadier Guards at aged sixteen and spent 25 years in the Army. After spending a brief time in West Berlin, Mark spent the majority of his career in South Armagh doing multiple tours, including a 3-year tour, before ending his career in Belgium. Hosting the episode is Give Us Time Communications and Office Coordinator Alex Youngs. Disclaimer: The Views and opinions expressed in this podcast are that of the individua...

Give Us Time Podcast: Alison Richmond

January 28, 2021 09:55 - 1 hour - 59.2 MB

During this episode we will be talking with Alison Richmond, a Military spouse of 20 years and one of the founders of Band of Sister & Band of Brothers. Alison is the wife of our Ambassador David Richmond; in the episode we talk about how she found out David was wounded in Afghanistan and we talk about the crucial role she played in David’s recovery. Hosting the episode is Give Us Time Communications and Office Coordinator Alex Youngs. Disclaimer: The Views and opinions expressed in th...

Give Us Time Podcast: Josh Boggi

January 27, 2021 17:04 - 56 minutes - 52.4 MB

Trigger Warning: This episode discusses very graphic injuries. During this episode we will be talking with Josh Boggi, is an army veteran, who was involved in a very serious incident in 2010 resulting in the loss of his limbs. We will be discussing his life, from winning gold in the Invictus Games, to the importance family played in his recovery after he was injured in another serious incident in 2019. Hosting the episode is Give Us Time Communications and Office Coordinator Alex Y...

Give Us Time Podcast: David Richmond, CBE

January 27, 2021 15:18 - 1 hour - 61.6 MB

Out now is our new podcast episode with our new Ambassador David Richmond, CBE. During our discussion we talk about his time as a young officer in Berlin, to his time in Iraq. David talks about that fateful day in 2008 when he was injured in Afghanistan. Hosting the episode is Give Us Time Communications and Office Coordinator Alex Youngs. Disclaimer: The Views and opinions expressed in this podcast are that of the individual not Give Us Time.

Give Us Time Podcast: World Mental Health Day

January 27, 2021 14:53 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MB

Trigger Warning: This episode discusses hard drug use. During this episode we will be talking with our ambassador Scotty Darroch about his battle with PTSD. We discuss Scotty’s journey; from the first time he self-medicated with heroin to try and stop the images in his head, to him seeking help and turning his life around and eventually taking part in the Invictus Games. Hosting the episode is Give Us Time Communications and Office Coordinator Alex Youngs. Disclaimer: The Views and opi...

Give Us Time Podcast: Scotty Darroch

January 27, 2021 12:15 - 1 hour - 71.9 MB

Brand-new Give Us Time podcast series. During this episode we will be talking with our ambassador Scotty Darroch about his life in the military, leaving the military, his battle with PTSD and his break with Give Us Time. During Episode 1 Scotty is joined by Give Us Time Managing Director Rupert Forrest, an Army Veteran who served with The Black Watch. Both of them share their stories about their experience within the military, from their first days to their last. Hosting the episode is G...