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 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

As well as providing a drop-in centre where people can get hot food, a shower and access to a range of supporting services, Sifa staff also work to get their clients into employment.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2022

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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