Family Support Groups

The Rainbow Centre provides help and support to children with Cerebral Palsy.

The Rainbow Centre was created by a small group of parents looking to provide the best help and support they could for their children with Cerebral Palsy. That search led to finding Conductive Education, a system of learning based on the simple concept of human potential that everyone has the capability to learn and develop, irrespective of their starting point. This is the Rainbow Centre’s DNA and over 30 years, the secret of our neuro rehabilitation success.

Rainbow Trust provides emotional and practical support to families whose son or daughter is affected by a life threatening or terminal illness. This includes parents, carers, the unwell child, brothers, sisters, grandparents and help with extended family members to support each other.

Any family can receive support from the moment of their child or young person’s diagnosis, (including antenatal and neonatal periods when diagnosis has been made) and support with young people during transition towards adult services up to the age of 18.

Relate is the UK's largest provider of relationship support. We help couples, families and individuals across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight get the most out of their relationships.

Rowans Hospice provides a full range of clinical and support services - within the Hospice, through the Living Well Service, and to people within their own home.

The Rowans Living Well Service is open 5 days a week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, from 9:00am – 4:00pm, Wednesday, 9:00am – 6:00pm). You do not require a referral to use the Living Well Services, however we do recommend you telephone to arrange an appointment.

The Rowans Living Well Centre is located next door to the main Hospice building. The Living Well Services are available to people in Portsmouth and South-East Hampshire who are living with a life-limiting and progressive illness, as well as their families and friends; this includes carers. Services include one to one and group support with over 35 programmed therapeutic activities every week. Activities include creative writing, cookery, gardening, support groups and complementary therapies.

We value life, quality of living and foster hope, supporting people to maximise their health and wellbeing and plan ahead for their future care needs. Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission.

We care for adults 16+, Bereavement services are for both adults and children.

The RAF Families Federation provides an independent voice for all personnel (single, married or in a partnership) and all of your families.

Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity is at the heart of supporting our Naval Community past, present and future. Since 2007, the RNRMC has funded projects and facilities that boost morale for those who serve today. The RNRMC distributes funding to organisations and charities which care for serving personnel, children, families and veterans of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Autism Hampshire has launched a brand-new free running group for autistic adults in Portsmouth, in collaboration with BH Live.

The group is open to all fitness levels and will meet once a month on Mondays, from 11am to 12pm. Whether you're completely new to running or looking for a relaxed, supportive space to get active, come and give it a go.

Part of Autism Hampshire's Serendipity Community Groups which are a great way for autistic adults to meet in a supportive and non-judgmental setting.

To book, please email serendipity@autismhampshire.org.uk.

We are a volunteer run parent carer support group. We are neurodivergent individuals with lived experience of parenting and navigating the world of special educational needs and disabilities.
We hold coffee mornings and drop-in sessions across Portsmouth four times a month, giving you a chance to meet others who share your experiences. Our committee are on hand here to offer support or advice as needed.

Southsea Sangha is an independent peer led dharma meditation community, based in the heart of Southsea, founded in 2014.

Founded in 2014 by Daniel Sutton-Johanson, with the help of local practitioners, Southsea Sangha is passionate about inclusive community building, around the intersections of meditation, dharma, social justice and collective freedom. We are committed to what bell hooks named as “Spirit, Struggle, Service & Love”, values the Buddha also taught to motivate progressive and compassionate social change. A key driver for our community is to broaden access to spiritual community practice and therefore, a principle tenet of our community has and continues to be, that of a generosity ethic. This allows us to disrupt, and where possible, remove the transactional barriers many folks face when wishing to explore personal wellbeing and healing work within spiritual practices and wisdom traditions that acknowledge the social and political contexts in which we encounter them.

Our programs offer wisdom teachings and practices from pan-Buddhist lineages right across to secular mindfulness and are freely offered. We offer day long retreats, weekly online classes and in-person practice groups to a diverse community who wish to explore, begin or expand a personal dharma practice informed by mindfulness, compassion, kindness, wisdom and generosity. You don’t need to be Buddhist to meditate or to just come hang with us and others at Sangha. You are very welcome just as you are. Bring it all.

All our regular groups and classes are freely offered with no advance booking needed.

We exist to serve our community, both locally and online.

We provide lifelong support to those who are serving or have served in the British Army, Royal Navy, Royal Marines or the Royal Air Force, and to their families. Founded in 1885, we’re extremely proud of our long-standing heritage and of all the work we do with inspiring people from Hampshire, across the UK and around the world.

Our support covers both regulars and reserves in the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines, the British Army and the Royal Air Force and their families, including anyone who has completed National Service. They are all entitled to lifelong support from SSAFA, no matter how long they have served.