Give Us Time Podcast

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 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.

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 individual not Give Us Time.

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 this podcast are that of the individual not Give Us Time.

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 Youngs. Disclaimer: The Views and opinions expressed in this podcast are that of the individual not Give Us Time.

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.

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 opinions expressed in this podcast are that of the individual not Give Us Time

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 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