The Grove Day Centre For The Elderly

A day centre for older people in Grove

Grove Day Centre for the Elderly is a local charity on School Lane in Grove, OX12 7LB. It was set up in 1988 to support the wellbeing of older and infirm people living in Grove and the surrounding area.

Clients from Grove and nearby come to the charity's purpose-built day centre, which is open every Tuesday and Thursday (except over Christmas). Home cooked meals are provided each day, alongside supervised care and activities.

The charity's objects are to provide relief to elderly people living in or around Grove by providing day care services, and such other services as the trustees decide from time to time.

Who runs the centre

The day centre became a registered charity in 1992. Today it is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), registered charity number 1182474, registered on 14 March 2019; the funds of the earlier charity of the same name (1010797) passed to it on 20 March 2020.

The charity employs several part-time staff and is supported by volunteers. It has four trustees: Beverley Darlison, Mark Godden, Elisabeth Green and Lynfa Blackmore. No trustees are paid. The charity owns or leases its premises, and its policies include safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries, complaints and volunteer management.

For the year ending 30 June 2025 the charity's income was £43,281 and its spending £43,297.

The centre's website, grovedaycentre.org, was not responding when this page was written, so these details come from the Charity Commission register and our own listing. Please check with the centre directly before visiting.