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Guest Speaker from Pushing Change

Mark is a Recovery Worker from Pushing Change in Portsmouth. Mark will be speaking at our Group Support Meeting on Tuesday 7th May to share his experience as an addict and, eventually, as a Recovery Worker.  Members will have the opportunity to ask him about his relationship with his family during his addiction years and what finally […]

Successful Quiz Night

Thank you to everyone who came to support Rebound’s first social event, which took place on Tuesday 5th March. The evening was a huge success judging by the smiling faces and friendly banter during the evening’s proceedings.  It was good to see our members and their families having a fun, chilled-out couple of hours and […]

Family Support Project

Tracy Batchelor, a Family Worker from the Society of St James, will be speaking at the Group Support Meeting on Tuesday 19 March, from 7:00 pm. The Society of St James (SSJ) have a new family Support Project designed to support young people up to the age of 18 where alcohol is having a negative impact […]

New Social Secretary

Rebound are pleased to announce that we have appointed a Social and Therapeutic Secretary and we are now able to offer an additional service to take place on the first Tuesday of each month.  Instead of the usual meeting format we are going to replace it with a social and therapeutic evening in the form […]

Additional Service – New Facebook Group

As an additional service we have set up a Closed Facebook Group to enable members to offer each other support and advice when needed. As a Closed Group, posts and discussions and the Group membership will NOT be visible to other people on Facebook. Invitations to join will be sent out shortly to people who […]

Mum, Can You Lend Me Twenty Quid?

Yesterday’s performances of “Mum, Can You Lend Me Twenty Quid?” were powerful, raw and emotive with many in the audience moved to tears by this rendition of family relationships broken by addiction. The first performance was to Years 10 and 11 of Castle View Academy, Portsmouth, which was followed by interactive workshops discussing the key […]

The Play’s The Thing …

Several years ago Rebound brought a play to Portsmouth called “Mum, Can You Lend Me Twenty Quid?”  The play was very well received, and people were still talking about the impact it had on them all this time later. Thanks to a grant from the Big Lottery Fund, we are pleased to be able to […]

Guest Facilitators

Last week’s Group Support Meeting featured a guest facilitator, Leon Caddick of the Society of St James, who is very experienced working with SSJ’s Day Rehabilitation and The Hub addiction services. He shared his own personal story, which was very helpful and insightful for our members, and also shared his experience of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). This […]

Summer Barbeque in the summer sunshine!

Rebound members, their families and friends enjoyed the late summer sunshine with a barbeque in the Queen Elizabeth Country Park yesterday, Sunday 16 September.  A great social occasion for members, and an opportunity to relax in a less formal atmosphere!

Summer Barbeque

Our Members’ Barbeque will be held at the Benhams site at the Queen Elizabeth Country Park on Sunday 16th September. The site is booked all afternoon for Rebound.  If you aren’t sure where it is within the Park, please meet at the Reception area at the Country Park at 12:30pm and we can make our way to the site together.  Otherwise […]

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!

Summer Barbeque