Photo of a Dove Centre service user smiling at the camera and holding a hand made Easter card.

Photo of an Easter service.

Photo of Dove Centre service users smiling at the camera.

Photo of Dove Centre service users and members of Wester Hailes Baptist Church smiling at the camera.

It's been a week of Easter fun at the Dove! 🐥🐇 We helped host an Easter service with Wester Hailes Baptist Church and our craft class made gorgeous cards to share with friends and family 💕

Happy Easter to all who celebrate and happy weekends to all! 🐰🐣🍫💖🕊️

#TeamDove #TheDoveCentreEdinburgh

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📣 PLEASE NOTE: we are open as normal on Friday 3rd April and on Monday 6th April! 🥳💕

Happy Easter to all who celebrate and happy (almost!) weekend to all! 🐰🐣🍫💖🕊️

#TeamDove #TheDoveCentreEdinburgh #DayServicesWithADifference #HappyEaster

Photo of Dove Centre service users smiling at the camera celebrating a birthday.

Photo of Dove Centre service users smiling at the camera celebrating a birthday.

Photo of Dove Centre service users smiling at the camera celebrating a birthday.

Photo of Dove Centre service users smiling at the camera celebrating a birthday.

Would it even be the end of the month without a Dove birthday roundup?! 🥳 Sending big happy birthday wishes again to Ingrid, Allan, Betty, Harry & Margaret! 🎂🎈🤩 Thank you for letting us help celebrate your special days! 🎉💖🕊️

#TeamDove #TheDoveCentreEdinburgh #DayServicesWithADifference

A graphic on a yellow background with a quote from a Dove Centre service user that reads: "The Dove means so much to me! It’s meeting friends, getting out, meeting the staff, getting exercise and having lunch It’s lovely to have a break from home in such a friendly atmosphere.”

A graphic on a pink background with a quote from a Dove Centre service user that reads: "Getting to meet new people and make friends is fantastic. It gets me out the house and stops me feeling sorry for myself being stuck at home. It’s so good to have a laugh and make friends.”

A graphic on a blue background with a quote from a Dove Centre service user that reads: "I look forward to coming so much. I just love it! I love to meet with everyone, I love all the folk that go to the Dove. For people who are on their own it’s wonderful to know that other people are interested. People really care. The staff are so attentive and look after us so well.”

A graphic on a green background with a quote from a Dove Centre service user that reads: "The Dove is my social life now!”

A few months ago, we asked our service users what the Dove means to them. This is what they told us… 🥰 (part 4)

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#TeamDove #TheDoveCentreEdinburgh #DayServicesWithADifference #Over50s #Over50sEdinburgh

Photo of Dove Centre service users smiling at the camera.

Photo of Dove Centre service users smiling at the camera.

Photo of an ‘Acts of Kindness Award’.

Amy from Home Instead Edinburgh came to visit us this week to share some treats as part of their 15 birthday celebrations 🎈🥳 It was fab to chat and we love our Acts of Kindness Award 💕 Thank you again for thinking of us 😃💖🕊️

#TeamDove #TheDoveCentreEdinburgh #DayServicesWithADifference

Photo of Dove Centre service users smiling and laughing holding bunches of flowers.

Photo of Dove Centre service users smiling at the camera holding bunches of flowers.

Photo of Dove Centre service users smiling at the camera holding bunches of flowers.

Photo of Dove Centre service users smiling at the camera holding bunches of flowers.

Huge thanks to the team at @sainsburys.bsky.social Currie for donating these gorgeous flowers for us to give to our service users, you made everyone’s day! 💐🌻🌸💖🕊️

#TeamDove #TheDoveCentreEdinburgh #DayServicesWithADifference #Flowers #ThankYou

Photo of Dove Centre service user smiling at the camera and holding up a spring-themed colouring page.

Photo of a Dove Centre service user holding a handmade flower card.

Photo of a Dove Centre service user smiling at the camera and holding up two decorated wooden spring birds.

Photo of Dove Centre service users smiling at the camera and holding up spring themed art work.

The weather might be saying differently right now 😅☔️🌦️ but spring is starting to spring at the Dove! 🙌🌱🌸🍀🌞💖🕊️

#TeamDove #TheDoveCentreEdinburgh #DayServicesWithADifference #SpringIsSpringing #Spring

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Here’s to strong women. May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them.

Happy International Women’s Day! ♀️💖🕊️

#TeamDove #TheDoveCentreEdinburgh #DayServicesWithADifference #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026

Photo of Dove Centre service users smiling at the camera celebrating a birthday.

Photo of Dove Centre service users celebrating a birthday.

Photo of Dove Centre service users and tutor celebrating a birthday.

Photo of Dove Centre service user celebrating a birthday.

Sneaking in just under the wire to celebrate our February birthday girls again! 🥳 Big happy birthday wishes once more to Kathy, Betty & Angela! 🎂🎈🤩 Thank you for letting us help celebrate your special days! 🎉💖🕊️

#TeamDove #TheDoveCentreEdinburgh #BirthdaysAtTheDove #Over50s #ActivitiesForOver50s

A graphic on a purple background with a quote from a Dove Centre service user that reads: "I like everything that’s going on at the Dove. And I love when we have new people join us, I just love to talk to everyone! I enjoy coming so much and I don’t know where I’d be without it. The more I go, the better it is for me!”

A graphic on a pink background with a quote from a Dove Centre service user that reads: "Coming to the Dove is one of the best things I’ve ever done! My daughters say I’m so much happier now and they’re so glad I’m coming. The people are all so nice, I love it.”

A graphic on a pale orange background with a quote from a Dove Centre service user that reads: "We get such a laugh. I love having a blether with everyone. It releases you from the worries of the day for a couple of hours. I love the folk who work there and I love the meals, too.”

A graphic on a blue background with a quote from a Dove Centre service user that reads: "I just like everything! I like the thought of getting up, showered and dressed to be ready to be picked up. Saying good morning and hello to everyone as they get on the bus. The company, the lunch, the exercise, the cuppa and chatting. It’s just everything.”

A few months ago, we asked our service users what the Dove means to them. This is what they told us… 🥰 (part 3)

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#TeamDove #TheDoveCentreEdinburgh #DayServicesWithADifference #Over50s #Over50sEdinburgh

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Photo of Dove Centre service users smiling at the camera celebrating Pancake Day

Photo of Dove Centre service users smiling at the camera celebrating Pancake Day

Photo of Dove Centre service users smiling at the camera celebrating Pancake Day

Happy Pancake Day! 🥞🍓🤩🤤😋💖🕊️

#TeamDove #TheDoveCentreEdinburgh #DayServicesWithADifference #PancakeDay #ShroveTuesday

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✨💕 It’s Random Acts of Kindness Day! 💕✨

The idea is to encourage people to carry out small acts of kindness to brighten someone’s day with the hope of creating a ripple effect of positivity 🥰 Why not try one of these, or share your own ideas with us!

#TeamDove #RandomActsOfKindnessDay

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Happy (almost!) Valentine’s Day from all of us! 🥰💖🕊️

#TeamDove #TheDoveCentreEdinburgh #DayServicesWithADifference #HappyValtentinesDay #Valentines2026

Group photo of Dove Centre service users smiling at the camera celebrating a birthday.

Photo of Dove Centre service users, one wearing a birthday crown, smiling at the camera.

Photo of Dove Centre service users, one wearing a birthday crown, smiling at the camera.

Photo of Dove Centre service users, one wearing a birthday crown, smiling at the camera.

Ending the month with our January birthdays gang! 🥳 Big happy birthday wishes again to Georgie, Paul and Foster! 🎂🎈🤩 Thanks so much for letting us help celebrate your special days! 🎉💖🕊️

#TeamDove #TheDoveCentreEdinburgh #BirthdaysAtTheDove #Over50s #ActivitiesForOver50s

Photo from 2016 of Dove Centre staff sitting on a motorbike and smiling at the camera.

Photo from 2016 of Dove Centre service users smiling at the camera.

Photo from 2016 of Dove Centre service users smiling at the camera.

Photo from 2016 of Dove Centre service users smiling at the camera.

Throwing it back to 2016 - we couldn’t resist! 🥰💖🕊️

#TeamDove #TheDoveCentreEdinburgh #DayServicesWithADifference #2016 #FlashbackFriday

Photo of our new sign - a round white sign with the Dove Centre logo in the centre and our name, contact telephone number and taglines "Day Services With A Difference" and "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure - Benjamin Franklin" written above and below.

Photo of our new sign - a round white sign with the Dove Centre logo in the centre and our name, contact telephone number and taglines "Day Services With A Difference" and "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure - Benjamin Franklin" written above and below.

Photo of our new sign - a round white sign with the Dove Centre logo in the centre and our name, contact telephone number and taglines "Day Services With A Difference" and "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure - Benjamin Franklin" written above and below.

We have a shiny new sign! ✨🤩🙌

Big thanks to Specialized Signs and CF Electrical Services for working their magic 🪄

We love it! 💖🕊️

#TeamDove #TheDoveCentreEdinburgh #DayServicesWithADifference

Photo of Dove Transport service users on a demo minibus from EVM UK.

Photo of Dove Transport service users on a demo minibus from EVM UK.

Photo of a demo minibus from EVM UK.

Photo of a demo minibus from EVM UK.

Big thanks to EVM UK for extending our demo bus trial into the new year! 🚌🤩✨ It's been a great asset over the past few weeks; it's a fab conversion and great drive, too 🙌 Thanks again! 💖🕊️

#TeamDove #TheDoveCentreEdinburgh #DoveTransport #CommunityTransport #EVMUK

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Happy New Year! 🎉✨

We are back open today, resuming our normal programme. See you soon! 🤩💖🕊️

#TeamDove #HappyNewYear #TheDoveCentreEdinburgh #ActivitiesForOver50sEdinburgh #ActivitiesForSeniorsEdinburgh

And that was 2025! Wishing you all a happy, healthy and safe new year from all of #TeamDove! ✨💖🕊️ | The Dove Centre and Dove Transport And that was 2025! Wishing you all a happy, healthy and safe new year from all of #TeamDove! ✨💖🕊️

And that was 2025! Wishing you all a happy, healthy and safe new year from all of #TeamDove! ✨💖🕊️

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A graphic on an orange background with a quote from a Dove Centre service user that reads: "The Dove Centre is a place where I can relax and enjoy myself and meet new friends and just be myself.”

A graphic on a green background with a quote from a Dove Centre service user that reads: "I love the Dove! It keeps me going, it really does. It’s been a life saver for me. Those two days a week that I come are everything. It means I get a chance to speak to people and see all the friends I’ve made there. I couldn’t do without the Dove, I really couldn’t.”

A graphic on a blue background with a quote from a Dove Centre service user that reads: "I think of the Dove as family. I love the togetherness and feeling part of something.”

Earlier this year we asked our service users what the Dove means to them. This is what they told us… 🥰 (part 2)

We’re signing off for the holidays now. Whatever your plans are over the festive period, we wish you a safe and happy time and we’ll see you all in the new year! 💖🕊️

#TeamDove

Photo of Dove Centre service users celebrating December birthdays.

Photo of Dove Centre service users celebrating December birthdays.

Photo of Dove Centre service users celebrating December birthdays.

Photo of Dove Centre service users celebrating December birthdays.

We can’t let the month end without shouting out our December birthday gang! 🥳 Big happy birthday wishes again to Lesley, Caroline, Cathy, both our Moiras 👯‍♀️(!), Frank, Christine, Sandra, Deanna & Billy! 🎂🎈🤩

We love getting to help celebrate, here’s to doing it all again next year! 🎉💖🕊️

#TeamDove

Photo of Dove Centre service users with presents from our Advent Tree.

Photo of Dove Centre service users with presents from our Advent Tree.

Photo of Dove Centre service users with presents from our Advent Tree.

Photo of Dove Centre service users with presents from our Advent Tree.

Rounding out a full-on week of festive fun with the last of our Advent tree treats! Here’s a week peek… 👀✨🎁🤩🤶🎅

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…! 🎄💖🕊️

#TeamDove #TheDoveCentreEdinburgh #Advent #TheDoveDoesAdvent #ChristmasAtTheDove #ItsBeginningToLookALotLikeChristmas

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Photo of Dove Centre service users singing and dancing.

Photo of Dove Centre service users singing and waving.

Photo of Santa's visit to the Dove Centre's 2025 Christmas Party!

We had our Christmas Party this week! Here's a wee peek and a link to our FB page where you can see so much more!

Huge thanks to all who made it such a special day for our service users 💕

Merry Christmas from all of #TeamDove! 🤩🎄🎶💃🕺🎅✨💖🕊️

So much more here! 👇👇👇
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The Dove Centre will be closed over the festive period:

🎄 CLOSED: from 3.30pm on Friday 19th December 2025

❤️ REOPENING: Monday 5th January 2026, resuming our normal programme.

Merry Christmas from all of us to all of you! 💖🕊️

#TeamDove #ChristmasAtTheDove #TheDoveCentreEdinburgh

Photo of a Christmas carol concert.

Photo of Dove Centre service users and members of WHBC enjoying tea, coffee and cake and smiling at the camera.

Photo of Dove Centre service users and members of WHBC enjoying tea, coffee and cake and smiling at the camera.

Photo of Dove Centre service users and members of WHBC enjoying tea, coffee and cake and smiling at the camera.

We had the pleasure of helping host a carol service for our service users & members of WHBC this afternoon! Huge thanks to mastermind Karen & the WHBC Praise Band who performed so beautifully 🎶🤩✨

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! 🎄💖🕊️

#TeamDove #ItsBeginningToLookALotLikeChristmas

Photo of Dove Centre service users standing in front of our advent tree smiling at the camera.

Photo of a Dove Centre service user standing in front of our advent tree smiling at the camera.

Photo of Dove Centre service users smiling at the camera.

Photo of a Dove Centre service user standing in front of our advent tree smiling at the camera.

Week two of Advent at the Dove has been full of fun, here’s a wee peek 👀✨🎁🤩🤶🎅

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…! 🎄💖🕊️

#TeamDove #TheDoveCentreEdinburgh #Advent #TheDoveDoesAdvent #ChristmasAtTheDove #ItsBeginningToLookALotLikeChristmas #Over50s

Photo of members of Big Noise Wester Hailes playing Christmas carols.

Photo of Dove Centre service users smiling at the camera, wearing Christmas jumpers!

Photo of Dove Centre service users and tutor smiling at the camera, wearing Christmas sparkles and jumpers!

We had such a lovely treat from Big Noise Wester Hailes yesterday who came along to play Christmas carols for us! 🎶🎄💕 Everyone is getting into the festive spirit here – so many sparkles and Christmas jumpers ✨🤩🤶🎅💖🕊️

#TeamDove #TheDoveCentreEdinburgh #BigNoiseWesterHailes

Photo of Dove Centre service users smiling at the camera in front of an advent tree.

Photo of Dove Centre service users smiling at the camera in front of an advent tree.

Photo of Dove Centre service users and staff smiling at the camera in front of an advent tree.

Photo of Dove Centre service users smiling at the camera in front of an advent tree.

Advent has taken hold at the Dove and it’s been so much fun! ✨🎁 Our Ian made this amazing Advent tree and we’ve had a blast opening the doors every day this week 😃🤶🎅

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…! 🎄💖🕊️

#TeamDove #Advent #ItsBeginningToLookALotLikeChristmas

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For #GivingTuesday we want to say a big thank you to all our supporters who help us help our vulnerable service users continue to enjoy life. Every donation, word of encouragement & act of kindness means the world. Thank you so much – you're all part of our #TeamDove! 🙏💖🕊️

#GivingTuesday #ThankYou

Photo of Dove Centre service users celebrating birthdays.

Photo of Dove Centre service users celebrating birthdays.

Photo of Dove Centre service users celebrating birthdays.

Photo of Dove Centre service users celebrating birthdays.

November is very nearly almost over so we’re rounding out the month with our November birthday girls – yes, another all-girl birthday month, and we even had birthday twins! 👯‍♀️🥳 Happy birthday again to Yvonne, Izzie & Gina! 🎂🎈🤩💖🕊️

#TeamDove #TheDoveCentreEdinburgh #BirthdaysAtTheDove #Over50s