Friends Day Centre

Friends Day Centre Friends Day Centre is a Special Care Centre for learners with severe to profound disabilities

From as young as 2 years of age, our learners come from different communities and have various and / or multiple disabilities including, Cerebral Palsy and Spina Bifida to mention but a few.

Happy Valentineโ€™s Day from all of us at Friends Day Centre. Our centre is filled with love not only today, but every sin...
14/02/2026

Happy Valentineโ€™s Day from all of us at Friends Day Centre. Our centre is filled with love not only today, but every single day through the smiles, support, and compassion of our incredible community. We are truly grateful for each of you.

10/02/2026

Weโ€™re spreading ALL the love tomorrow at our Valentineโ€™s Fun Day! ๐Ÿ’•โค๏ธ

Dress up in your reds, pinks, and whites and show the love, the smiles.

Because love is for everyone! ๐Ÿ’–๐ŸŒˆ

09/02/2026
๐Ÿ’™ Sports Day Memories We Will Treasure ๐Ÿ’™From the bottom of our hearts, we would like to say a huge thank you to everyone...
09/02/2026

๐Ÿ’™ Sports Day Memories We Will Treasure ๐Ÿ’™

From the bottom of our hearts, we would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our Sports Day last Wednesday. It truly was a beautiful day, filled with laughter, excitement, encouragement, and so many special moments that reminded us why days like these matter so much. ๐Ÿ…๐ŸŒž

A heartfelt thank you to our visiting schools Sinethemba, De Heide, and Umti for sharing the day with us. Your energy, kindness, and support added so much joy and made our learners feel celebrated and included.

To everyone who generously donated medals and prizes, thank you for helping make our learners feel proud and accomplished. The smiles on their faces as they received their certificates and medals were priceless and made the day extra meaningful. ๐Ÿ’›

A very special thank you to Frank, our photographer, for once again capturing the magic of the day so beautifully. There were so many incredible photos that choosing which ones to share was no easy task, each one tells its own special story. ๐Ÿ“ธโœจ

Please note that photos will be uploaded to our Facebook album throughout the course of the day, so keep an eye out as we continue to share these wonderful moments.

And to our amazing parents, events like this simply would not be possible without your encouragement, involvement, and constant support. You are such an important part of our Friends Day Centre family.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this day so memorable and special. These are the moments our learners will carry with them, and so will we. ๐Ÿ’™

09/02/2026

Please note that we are currently having flooring installed in the reception office. During this time, our phone lines may be temporarily unavailable.

For any emergencies, please contact us via WhatsApp on 061 589 3784.

Thank you for your understanding.

Kind regards,
Admin Team

09/02/2026

A huge THANK YOU to Olympic Paints, Cape Town Roller Girls, Mocholoco & our incredible volunteers ๐Ÿ’›
Youโ€™ve filled our centre with colour, joy & love ๐ŸŒˆ



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06/02/2026

Time to stop working off the floor and move back into our newly floored offices.

05/02/2026

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธโœจRAFFLE EXCITEMENT!โœจ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ

We would like to send a MASSIVE thank you to our amazing prize sponsors who made this yearโ€™s Raffle for Sports Day so special! Your generosity helped us put together some truly incredible prizes, and we appreciate your support more than words can say ๐Ÿ’™

๐ŸŒŸ Special sponsor shoutout to:

๐Ÿ‘ Ceres Rail Company - Ceres Rail Company
๐Ÿ‘ Xpresso Cafรฉ - Xpresso Cafรฉ SA
๐Ÿ‘ Galileo Open Air Theatre - The Galileo Open Air Cinema
๐Ÿ‘ Century Spa
๐Ÿ‘ AWOL Tours - AWOL Tours
๐Ÿ‘ Zizamele Ceramics - Zizamele Ceramics
๐Ÿ‘ Fables Hair Design - Howards Centre
๐Ÿ‘ Acrobranch - Acrobranch

๐Ÿ’ซ Please support these amazing businesses as they have supported us and our precious learners. Supporting them means supporting our community.

A heartfelt thank you as well to everyone who bought raffle tickets. Your support helps us continue the important work we do and helps create special opportunities for those in our care ๐ŸŒธ

As always, to ensure fairness and transparency, the raffle draw was broadcast LIVE before the Sports Day certificate ceremony.

๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿฅณ CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR LUCKY WINNERS:

โœจ Valencia (Elmarie Heyns) โ€“ Ceres Rail Company voucher valued at R1,500
โœจ Kyle Erskine โ€“ Xpresso Cafรฉ Thermal Mug & Voucher
โœจ Zaida (Dilshaad Schroeder) โ€“ 2 x Warm & Comfy Galileo tickets valued at R330
โœจ Reeze De Allende โ€“ 2 x Warm & Comfy Galileo tickets valued at R330 each
โœจ Rifqah - Mikaeel Mohammed โ€“ Century Spa Full Body Massage valued at R595
โœจ Marlene Belstead (Candice Belstead) โ€“ Acrobranch Voucher
โœจ Ms Hunt (Conner Yates Butler) โ€“ Fables Hair Design Voucher
โœจ Mavis Stringer (Ryan Stuurman) โ€“ Xpresso Cafรฉ Thermal Mug & Voucher
โœจ Desiree Micheals โ€“ AWOL Tours 3-hour bicycle tour for 2 valued at R3,000
โœจ Mrs Nhlapo โ€“ Zizamele Ceramics Vase valued at R1500

Thank you once again to every sponsor, supporter, parent, and friend who helped make this event such a wonderful success. We appreciate you all! ๐Ÿ’™โœจ

Address

Annex Road
Maitland
7405

Opening Hours

Monday 08:15 - 14:30
Tuesday 08:15 - 14:30
Wednesday 08:15 - 14:30
Thursday 08:15 - 14:30
Friday 08:15 - 14:30

Telephone

+27215115801

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Our Story

Friends Day Centre (FDC) is a Non-Profit Organisation which began humbly in 1959 as a care and learning facility for children with special needs. From these humble beginnings, FDC has grown consistently over the years and now caters for as many as 120 learners with severe and profound physical and / or mental disabilities in the age group ranging between and 47 years.

The learning and therapy capabilities of FDC have evolved over time and are supported by a physiotherapy room, a sensory garden, a whirlpool bath and a sensory room.

The Centre has a staff compliment of 40 dedicated therapists, carers and assistants utilising 10 classrooms to provide appropriate education, personal skills development and various therapies to meet the specific needs of our learners.