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drop-in centre

British

noun

social welfare (in Britain) a daycentre run by the social services or a charity that clients may attend on an informal basis

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The Loaves and Fishes drop-in centre in Salford has seen soaring demand for its meals, showers and laundry facilities in recent months.

From BBC • Feb. 29, 2024

The charity sought to provide support to deprived children from low-income families, and grew from a drop-in centre in south London to 11 centres across the capital, and also in Bristol and Liverpool.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2024

Coleen said she felt more comfortable after she met Yvonne McIntosh, an oncology nurse and centre head at the Maggie's Forth Valley cancer care drop-in centre.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2022

“It’s virtually an emergency situation,” said Tommy Gordon, who manages Wicklow Homeless Five Loaves, a drop-in centre south of Dublin.

From The Guardian • Sep. 5, 2018

A drop-in centre called IN-Mouraria sits unobtrusively in a lively, rapidly gentrifying neighbourhood of Lisbon, a longtime enclave of marginalised communities.

From The Guardian • Dec. 5, 2017

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