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Mental health support phoneline now available in Portsmouth

Staff from across Health and Care Portsmouth have been working hard to set up a phoneline which will help residents across the city to receive the most appropriate mental health support they need before they reach a crisis point. The creation of the phoneline comes directly from feedback gathered during events run with local voluntary […]

What is Co-Dependency?

Co-dependency essentially is when one person is sacrificing more for the relationship, than the other. It is unhealthy and one-sided, with one person relying on the other for most of their needs. There is an excessive emotional and psychological reliance on the other, who needs the support, because of addiction or illness. There is generally […]

Uninvited Visitor

There’s a knock on the door, you open it:- ‘Hi My Name is Addiction and I’m letting myself into your home and from now on your life will never be the same again. You will learn shock, shame, guilt, disbelief and in the first instance – denial! As you get used to me sharing your home, you […]

Questionnaire

If you weren’t able to make it to the Social Evening earlier this week, a questionnaire was circulated which will help us to make decisions about the services Rebound provides. If you are able to take a moment to complete the questionnaire, that would be very helpful. Please return completed questionnaires to enquiries@reboundgroup.org The questionnaire can […]

Transform Drug Policy Foundation

Rebound’s focus, and primary purpose, is to provide support and assistance to the families and loved ones of those with addiction issues. Transform Drug Policy Foundation aims to influence Government Drug Policy and encourage changes to drug legislation.  Please take a look at their website and, where you can, offer your support to their work. https://transformdrugs.org

Social Evening – Tuesday 29 March, 7pm – Portsmouth Carers Centre

We will have an informal social evening at our next face-to-face meeting on Tuesday 29th March at The Carers Centre 7.00 pm, to enable us all to get together for a chat and some nibbles to catch up, as the Covid has kept so many of us inside our own front doors for what seems forever!! […]

Updated Flyer

We have an updated flyer with our new helpline phone number, which is available to download from this website if you need any for display at your place of work, noticeboards, etc. The download link is at the bottom of this page: https://www.reboundgroup.org/our-services

St Mary’s Hospital, Portsmouth, League of Friends

Just to let you know that we have been successful in our funding bid to The League of Friends, St Mary’s Hospital, with the help and guidance from a member of our dedicated Trustees. Thank you so much to all of our friends and members who kept us going by their kind words and testimonials. We […]

Statement from Hampshire Police on recent County Lines activity

National county lines intensification week, which targets drug traffickers who often recruit children and vulnerable adults to supply drugs across the country, ran from Monday, 11th to Sunday, 17th October. Hampshire Constabulary alongside other forces in England and Wales engaged in operations to crackdown on county lines. These are the highlighted results: County Lines is […]

How the drugs issue is successfully managed in Portugal

Portugal’s approach to the drugs issue is very different to the UK’s, resulting in: Find out how here: https://transformdrugs.org/blog/drug-decriminalisation-in-portugal-setting-the-record-straight EDIT: Notes on the Portuguese model and its effectiveness can be found here:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fix7Qj1KFORHrI1bcWTQWeps8ixvm3-u/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=101508608990179489082&rtpof=true&sd=true 

Jennifer

I first came to Rebound seeking support during a particularly challenging time with a family member. What I found was more than just help; it was a warm, welcoming community built on empathy and genuine care. Rebound provided a safe, non-judgmental space where I could process my feelings, and crucially, realise I wasn’t alone in experiencing sadness, guilt, and trauma. This group became a true ‘godsend,’ guiding me through dark times and helping me to see a path forward.

Last year, I was invited to become a Trustee, an opportunity I embraced to give back the same profound support and respect that Rebound so generously offered to me.

I have extensive professional experience in supporting vulnerable individuals in the community. I live in the Portsmouth area and enjoy spending time with my family and socialising with friends.

Lynn

Lucy

Social Media Co-ordinator

This website is managed on behalf of Rebound Carers’ Support Group by Lucy Greenlees, who also manages the Rebound Facebook and X pages.

Lucy is a digital marketing consultant specialising in social media strategy and management. More details can be found on her own website:

www.lucygreenleesdigital.com.

Roger

Born, raised and educated in Portsmouth I am a Registered Mental Health Nurse and have been since 1991. I have managed local mental health and substance misuse services for Solent NHS Trust and am currently working for the Trust on an ad hoc basis conducting Serious Incident Investigations.

I am a father of two grown up children and a user of local health and social care services. I applied and was successfully interviewed for the Interim Healthwatch Portsmouth Board, and have now been elected to the Healthwatch Portsmouth Board, currently nominated by my peers and I am the Vice Chair.

I have had many years’ experience of local health matters from providing and managing services plus more recently after my retirement as a user of health and social care services.

I have a passion for Equality and Diversity, and chaired the Trust group for many years.

I am a Trustee of Rebound Carers’ Support Group plus Vice Chair of my GP Surgery Public Participation Group (PPG).

Shannon

Shannon has a background in the field of Public and Sexual Health and has worked alongside an array of communities over the last fourteen years or so.  Shannon has a huge passion for supporting and enabling people to lead healthy and fulfilling lives, and has a particular passion in facilitating positive educational sessions with Children and Young People with regards to Relationship and Health Education.

Shannon is keen to support Rebound and the positive work that they do, hence why she has become our newest Trustee.

Alan

A lifelong resident of Portsmouth, I am a retired Electronic Engineer having worked in diverse areas from Computers and Military Communications to Hearing Instruments and Electronic Security.

I first got involved with Rebound around 12 years ago when I took my wife along to the Support Group. She was at an all-time low due to addiction in the family. Rebound has proved to be a ‘lifeline’ providing understanding and empathy in a non-judgemental form.

I have offered my services here to strengthen the group and am honoured to have been elected.

Patricia

My early adult working years were spent in Customer Service until I left to have my family. Then followed many years of freelance Market Research interviewing (one of those annoying people with a clipboard!) which I could work around my family responsibilities.

 

I don’t remember how I found Rebound, but I know it proved to be an absolute lifeline for me. I was at my wit’s end with my son’s behaviour, which had gradually got more aggressive due to drug addiction. From my very first meeting I felt a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. To finally be in a safe and welcoming environment, where everyone understood exactly what I was feeling and to know I was not alone was such a massive relief. Sometimes I would cry, sometimes I would vent the frustration and anger I felt for my son’s situation but always I felt better after being there. I am so grateful for all the support and understanding offered over the years and feel sure that Rebound saved my sanity. I have been attending the group since its conception and gradually I accepted that there was nothing I could do to alter my son’s life and only he could make the changes.  

 

Sadly, my son lost his battle with addiction and passed away nearly 4 years ago. I have still carried on attending Rebound hoping my experiences may help others. In 2024 Lynn decided to step down from Chairing Rebound and take a much-deserved retirement. It was suggested I take over the role and I hope to carry on helping other families and I like to think of it as a fitting legacy for my late son…

Dave

I have an extensive background in the Gas Industry as an apprentice and joined Highbury College in 1967 as a Lecturer, teaching and assessing students 16-80 to this day 2018.

I became a member of Rebound in 2008, when my wife was in an alcohol detox programme and is now in recovery these last nine years. I have been a regular member from the beginning, and the support and guidance I have received from the Group and Trustees has helped me a great deal to be able to cope, even though my wife is still in recovery – thank goodness!

I was asked to become a Trustee when Rebound obtained Charity status, which I accepted as an honour, in the hope that my journey through the ups and downs of addiction to eventual recovery may help other carers to cope and see that there is a light at the end of the tunnel!

How the drugs issue is successfully managed in Portugal