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Speaker Meeting – Rosie Penlinton – Portsmouth Clinical Commissioning Group

Rebound welcomed Rosie Penlinton, Health and Care, Portsmouth Clinical Commissioning Group,to our weekly meeting on Tuesday 10 September 2019. She spoke about a project she is currently working on which is going to improve the Mental Health Crisis Service and, as part of this work, she explained that she wanted to speak to and get […]

Summer Picnic – Sunday 15 September 2019

Thank you to those who came to support Rebound at our annual summer picnic! What fantastic weather we had!  It was nice to chill out with our families, enjoy the fantastic surroundings and walk the dogs.  It was lovely to meet some gorgeous grandchildren. Lots of lovely food was produced, and Pat was very generous […]

Speaker Meeting – Rosie Penlinton – Clinical Commissioning Group

Rosie Penlinton of the NHS Portsmouth Clinical Commissioning Group is working on a project to improve the Mental Health Crisis Service. She would like to speak to, and get feedback from, as many carers who have been in contact with the service as possible. Rosie will be putting on a focus group and distributing a […]

Social Evening

What a fantastic Bingo Night we had last Tuesday! The Bingo Caller (Clare) made a sterling job picking Bingo Balls the size of Smarties out of a child’s play bingo set (and rescuing some from the floor!), adding to the tension and hilarity of the evening.  Clare supplied wonderful hand wrapped prizes and worked so […]

Survey

Rebound is a small charity offering support to relieve the distress and suffering caused by substance use, misuse or abuse by offering empathetic advice to families, friends and carers in a confidential safe environment. We also support people who have suffered bereavement through substance use, misuse or abuse. We started 10 years ago and received […]

Feedback – Tracy Batchelor, Society of St James

Tracy Batchelor, Family Support Worker at the Society of St James, visited Rebound on Tuesday 4th June 2019 to tell us about a new Family Support Project being rolled out for families affected by alcohol use.  They are funded by Public Health England to help support families to reduce the impact of alcohol. They meet […]

SSJ Family Support Project

Tracy Batchelor, a Family Worker at the Society of St James, will be speaking at the Group Support Meeting on Tuesday 4 June, from 7:00pm.  This is a re-arranged meeting from March. The Society of St James (SSJ) have a new Family Support Project designed to support young people up to the age of 18 where […]

Feedback – PUSHing Change

We recently had a presentation by Mark, Benn and Rachael from PUSHing Change at one of our regular Tuesday evening Group Support Meetings.  A full review of the evening appears elsewhere in this blog. Evaluation Forms were circulated to all those that attended the evening – here are a selection of the comments we received: We are […]

Feedback – Mum Can You Lend Me Twenty Quid

Rebound organised the staging of the emotive play Mum, Can You Lend Me Twenty Quid at Castleview Academy, Portsmouth, during November 2018.  There were two performances – one to school pupils, and one public performance.  Further details of the play are on The Play page of this website.  The play was staged by It Is What It Is Productions. A questionnaire […]

PUSHing Change

It was good to welcome Mark, Benn and Rachel from PUSHing Change to our packed group on Tuesday evening. Understanding how addiction takes over someone’s life and the tremendous strength and courage it takes to get in to long term recovery was a real revelation and the knowledge that it affects the nicest of people earns respect […]

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!

PUSHing Change