We hold group meetings at least once a month at The Carer’s Centre Portsmouth. Our next meeting is on: 10 March 2026 at 7:00 pm

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What is a Carer?

Many of our Rebound members have told us that they didn’t initially think that Rebound was for them.  They were confused by the term ‘carer’, believing that this meant supporting a loved one’s physical as well as mental well being. It is difficult to use a generic term for people whose lives are being torn […]

Visitors to Rebound

On Tuesday 23rd May two managers of The Hub, Ryan and Nathan, visited Rebound to update our members on the services provided by this local Recovery Centre based in Campion Place, Elm Grove, Southsea. They explained that The Hub offers a drop-in assessment service on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00am to 3:00pm for anyone wanting help […]

Guest Speaker – Sister Sue Atkins

Sister Sue Atkins from the Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust Alcohol Intervention Team will be giving a talk on the work of the specialist alcohol team at Queen Alexandra Hospital, and will also answer questions from the audience. This will be on Tuesday 18 July from 7:00pm in the Portsmouth Carers Centre, 117 Orchard Road, Southsea, PO4 0AD.  Free […]

Mental Health Awareness Day

SAD Portsmouth is a peer support group for people who suffer from Stress, Anxiety and Depression, based in Portsmouth. They are hosting a Mental Health Awareness Day on Sunday 9 July 2017 which will feature a variety of support organisations and community groups that offer advice and support, and will include a number of therapeutic activities […]

The Carers’ Charter

We at Rebound Group subscribe to the principles set out in the Carers’ Charter. These are detailed on the Our Aims page on this website, alongside a statement of the Aims of the Rebound Group in our work to support the families and friends of those supporting and caring for loved ones with problems of addiction to […]

Rebound Tuesday Meetings

Rebound meets on a Tuesday evening from 7.00 to 8.45 pm at the Carers Centre, Orchard Road, Southsea PO4 0AD. We are a support group that offers a confidential, safe environment for anyone who is suffering the chaos and devastation of a loved one’s drug/alcohol misuse with others who are suffering in the same way. […]

We are now on Twitter!

We have had a Facebook page for a while now, and we are seeing an encouraging number of people Liking the page.  Thank you for that – and please invite your friends and contacts to Like the page too.  Please also Share the page, and Share and Like posts to help spread the word! Encouraged by the […]

Fairy Tale in New York

Victoria Mary Clarke, the partner of The Pogues’ Shane MacGowan, describes the support she gave him on his journey to becoming sober in this recent Irish Independent on Sunday article: http://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/this-is-the-longest-that-shane-has-been-sober-since-we-met-and-he-is-happy-35172868.html 

Welcome to our new website!

Congratulations!  You have have found our new website at our new web address of www.reboundgroup.org.  Our old website will continue running for a while, but will soon be re-directed to this site. We hope you like this new website, and find it useful.  If you know anyone who may find our services useful please direct them […]

Bringing and hosting the play “Mum Can You Lend Me Twenty Quid” to Portsmouth

The stage play by Mike Howl was adapted from the book of the same name by Elizabeth Burton (pictured with Rebound Group volunteers). It charts the tragic journey of Elizabeth and her twin boys, Nick and Simon, who as young men became addicted to heroin resulting in Nick’s death and Simon turning his life around in the name […]

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!

Bringing and hosting the play “Mum Can You Lend Me Twenty Quid” to Portsmouth