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17 May 2018

Give Us Time

Holidays, Veterans, Welfare

Give Us Time Conference “The positive impact of respite breaks on military families”

Yesterday Give Us Time held a conference examining the positive impact of respite breaks on military families, focusing on our group trip to Malta last year which was in association with the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC). We would like to thank our speakers for making the event such a success and all of those who attended and participated in our discussion.

Professor Scott McCabe from the University of Nottingham spoke on the “Importance of Tourism and Holidays on the Wellbeing of the Individual” and highlighted the hardships that military families can experience, the way that holidays can be thought of as lavish and a luxury but actually how they should be seen as an essential right because of their importance and how needed they are for a family’s wellbeing.

8 May 2018

Give Us Time

Children, Families, Holidays, Support, Welfare

Park Holiday’s donation to Give Us Time!

Give Us Time is thrilled to announce that Park Holidays UK has donated 100 respite breaks for our beneficiaries!

Give Us Time matches donated holiday accommodation to military families in need of time to relax and reconnect as family units especially after bereavement, periods of separation, mental and physical health problems and financial strain.

Park Holidays has 29 parks across the UK and offers short breaks and camping as well as other options including holiday home ownership.

3 May 2018

Give Us Time

Challenge, fundraising, Veterans, Welfare

Give Us Time attends Charity Walk For Peace 2018!

Give Us Time’s Managing Director was delighted to attend this year’s Walk For Peace in the gorgeous Windsor Great Park on Sunday 29th April 2018. Rupert, along with the other participants walked five miles raising money for great causes including Give Us Time.

Walk For Peace has been happening every year for the last twenty-eight years and in the past five has raised over £1.3 million which has been distributed to 136 local, national and mayoral charities.

Overall the day was a great success and even the weather behaved – for the most part!

25 April 2018

Give Us Time

Awards, Donations, Families, Veterans, Welfare

Give Us Time at the Soldiering On Awards

Last week Give Us Time was excited to attend the Soldiering On Awards at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge Hotel in support of Chris Grech who was nominated for the International Award. Chris is the owner of the gorgeous Balkan Jewel Resort in Bulgaria and long-time donor and supporter of Give Us Time.

Though Chris didn’t go home with the award, we were delighted his commitment to the armed forces community was recognised and it was our privilege to spend the evening surrounded by amazing and inspiring individuals.

16 April 2018

Give Us Time

Children, Families, Holidays, Support, Welfare

“Thank you so much for my family’s break at Center Parcs”

One of our military families has just returned from a short break at Center Parcs Elveden which enabled the family to unwind and reconnect as a family unit. This village is set in stunning 400 acres of Elveden Forest where many gorgeous muntjac deer roam! There are all sorts of activities for families to enjoy including walks, cycle paths and all the fun to be had on Center Parcs’ largest water sport lake: try the exhilarating Cable Water Ski and ‘The Drop’, if you fancy free-falling 10 metres!

11 April 2018

Give Us Time

Army, Children, Events, Families, Health, Marines, Mental Health, Navy, RAF, Royal Air Force, Royal Marines, Royal Navy, Serving, Veterans, Welfare

Conference: “The positive impact of respite breaks on Military Families”

Give Us Time is delighted to present our conference “The positive impact of respite breaks on Military Families” which will be held on the 16th of May at Canaccord Genuity HQ, London, EC2R 7AE.

The conference aims to highlight the positive impact that respite breaks have on military families. Professor McCabe, Nottingham University will set the scene for a case study based on the clinical feedback from our group break to Malta.

5 April 2018

Give Us Time

Awards, Events, Serving, Veterans, Welfare

2018’s Walk for Peace

We are thrilled to announce that Give Us Time has been selected as one of the nominated charities for 2018’s Walk For Peace!

The Walk for Peace has been held every year for the last twenty-eight years and in the past five years has raised over £1.3 million which has been distributed to 136 local, national and mayoral charities.

This will mean that our efforts will now attract additional funding – meaning that we can help more military families.

28 March 2018

Give Us Time

Army, Children, Families, Health, Marines, Mental Health, Navy, RAF, Royal Air Force, Royal Marines, Royal Navy, Serving, Veterans, Welfare

Thank you to everyone at Belton Wood Hotel

Give Us Time would like to thank the owners of the Belton Woods Owners’ Club in Lincolnshire for their very generous donation of time for one of our military families in need of time away to reconnect after the stresses that military life can cause. We would especially like to highlight their kindness as this is their first donation of time and the positive impact this respite break had on our family is priceless. The family’s thank you letter to both Belton Woods and Give Us Time is included below.

“Myself and my family were recently very fortunate to spend a weekend at Belton Woods. Through the Give Us Time charity we were offered a week in one of the superb lodges situated around the edge of the golf course.

15 March 2018

Give Us Time

Army, Health, Marines, Mental Health, Navy, RAF, Royal Air Force, Royal Marines, Royal Navy, Serving, Veterans, Welfare

Give Us Time’s Group Trip To The Balkan Jewel

Today is an exciting day for us at Give Us Time as our families have just arrived in Bulgaria for our annual trip to the amazing Balkan Jewel Resort.

This donation of time is allowing us to send over 100 individuals on a holiday of a lifetime which will enable them to take time out from the stresses of military life and reconnect as family units. This will be the first year that amongst other regiments the 4 Armoured Medical Regiment will be joining our respite break in Bulgaria. The need of time away to rest and reconnect can be especially high for serving medical personnel, considering they were specifically mentioned in the Defence People Mental Health & Wellbeing Strategy as being at an increased risk of suffering from PTSD symptoms and more challenging transitions.

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