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drop-in centre

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Bundeswehr only has one permanent drop-in centre, a small unit sandwiched between a pharmacy and a shoe store beside Berlin's Friedrichstrasse station.

From BBC Mar. 31, 2025

Women of Benin City runs a drop-in centre, offering advice and, importantly, emotional support, which sets the group apart.

From BBC Nov. 11, 2020

The old envelope had both his name on it and the address of a drop-in centre he used for post.

From The Guardian Mar. 5, 2020

Part of her job is to run the drop-in clinics, which are held daily at the health exchange and weekly at Sifa Fireside, a charity-run drop-in centre.

From BBC Apr. 17, 2019

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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