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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

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"The drop-in centre is closed indefinitely, it's just too dangerous for our service users and staff to go back," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 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

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

“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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