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

"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

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

In Londonderry, Eilish O'Doherty works for Older People North West, a drop-in centre for elderly people.

From BBC

That provides a drop-in centre, located inside Cardiff's Principality Stadium, which can provide mental health support to the local community.

From BBC

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

Ms Pichardo, who runs a drop-in centre called Sunshine House, operates what she calls a "no-judgement zone".

From BBC

The Welcome Organisation's chairperson Jude Whyte said the charity was using a women's refuge as a "make shift" drop-in centre during the day instead of its former premises.

From BBC

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023