"A very fresh idea. Comfortable, safe, relaxed and very easy to meet people and make new friends.
Being a young single professional in the city, it is not easy to meet other single people outside of work with the view on friendship instead of dating. I not only made some amazing friends I felt as if I knew everyone for many, many years."

Marilise (29 - CitySocialising London)
"I joined CitySocialising when I moved to Nottingham for a job. No longer a student, it can be really hard to meet new people but this site did the trick. It has gone from strength to strength with more members joining and more events being held. The events are fun, the hosts always very friendly and the other people very sociable! Well worth joining."

Jay (26 - CitySocialising Nottingham & Derby)

"I recently signed up for full membership with CS following a great couple of events that I initially tagged along to with my wife. Since then I have attended as many events as possible and met some great people along the way.

Having attended the NEW MEMBERS DRINKS & SOCIALISING I met briefly with Sharmita, one of the CS staff, who I found to be very friendly and helped make me feel at home with a warm welcome. She was more than happy to chat with the many members on the night and explain how the socials work as well as being open to any suggestions on the events.

The cost of membership isn't expensive and remains good value for money."

Nick (30 - CitySocialising Brighton)
"I am a city socialising host and love every minute of it. The set up is fantastic. Great events, great people and a comprehensive website that is invaluable. Keep up the good work."

Shannon (33 - CitySocialising London)
"I have been very impressed by the socials organised by City Socialising and have found them a great way to meet people. There is a lot of receptiveness to ideas and suggestions for events."

Natalie (29 - CitySocialising Manchester)
"I am extremely pleased I joined city socialising. The site provides users with a genuine way of meeting new people, by means of social events and interesting activities. The site is well run, organised and professional. I have met really nice interesting people as a result of city socialising and have introduced two friends who have also become members. I strongly recommend this site for any individual who wants to expand their social circle and have fun."

Michelle (35 - CitySocialising Bristol & Bath)
"All the events that I have attended were very well organised. The hosts made sure that everyone was involved and i found them to be very helpful.

I have been a member since March and have gone to on average 2 socials per week so i definitely feel that i get value for money."

Tine (34 - CitySocialising London)
"I've really enjoyed the great variety of events and people involved with City Socialising. Being a part of it has been very positive for me, as I'm new to England and to Leeds! Thanks very much."

Karin (36 - CitySocialising Leeds)
"CitySocialising is a breath of fresh air. I'd found that after being in the city for quite a few years my social circle was only a little wider than when I arrived when I knew only a handful of folk.

Mates had settled down, I'd been working hard and not playing too much. Friendships too were patchy and I knew it was time for change!

CitySocialising looked both fun and inexpensive, just what I needed. I booked on their next party night, went and had a fantastic time.

Since then, about every two weeks on average, I've done meals, walks, festivals, drinks, more party nights... I've had a ball!

The beauty of the network is that it's a fantastic way of growing your social circle with no pressure, nerdiness or huge cost.

Through it, I've met some fantastic friends... some for the long-term I reckon.

I went to Berlin to see The Killers with one, another I regularly go to gigs with, a third became my regular Saturday night partner in crime on nights on the town... the list goes on. Not to mention still having good fun at the events."

Michael (33 - CitySocialising London)
"In the short time I've been a member of City Socialising I've made loads of great friends and expanded my network massively. My only problem now is finding the time to fit all the events in!"

Richard (36)
"Have really enjoyed every social I've been on since I joined just before Christmas, and as I was new to Leeds it has been a lifesaver for me. Have made lots of lovely friends, which is definitely worth the price of the membership! Great website, clear and easy to use."

Corinna (28)
"Having been on four City Social events so far, can say have been very impressed with the turnout and quality of people who attended.

I would definitely recommend the site to anyone looking to expand their social circles."

Cho (37)

"I moved to Manchester after splitting up with my boyfriend and I had left all my friends behind. I didn’t really know where to start building up a new friendship network.

On the May bank holiday I was not looking forward to spending a long weekend on my own, so I trawled the internet for anything I could do to break up the weekend - I found CitySocialising's “Spring Party”.

I wasn’t sure - going out in a city I didn’t know and on my own? As it turned out going to that party was one of the best decisions I have ever made.

It was relaxed and welcoming, so it was easy to mingle and chat and after a while it was hard to believe you were laughing and dancing with a room full of people you had never met before that night!

Since then I have been on many of CitySocialising's days and evenings out, I’ve discovered parts of the city I had never been to and met some wonderful people who I would consider to be real friends now. It changed my life!"

Charlotte (25)

"Firstly, congratulations in setting up a fantastic site and of establishing a great way for people to make new acquaintances/friends.

I can imagine CS has made a positive difference to lots of peoples' lives who have recently moved to the cities you cover now.

With regards to myself as well as most other people on the site, many of my personal/work friends are in relationships or they have no interest in meeting up and doing different things.

I have for a number of years now been looking for some way of making new friends (but not knowing what to look for without getting involved in a club of some sort) so thank you for providing me with this avenue."

Debbie (28)
"Please can you cancel my account. I have made many friends through the site, but rarely go on the socials anymore because my social life is now so busy so don't use the site anymore - but thanks!!!"

Claire (31)
"Last year I went traveling around the world for a year. When I got back I thought I’d be able to start up where I left off with my friends and I was looking forward to getting back into my social life, but I found that in the space of a year, most of my friends had moved away, got married or had babies and I was left with very few people to go out with.

Before I went travelling I worked at the theatre where there were hundreds of people and a staff bar. When I got back I started a new job in a very small company and I had no one to go for a pint with on Friday nights.

I hadn’t heard of CitySocialising but I did a Google search to find ways of meeting new people. The search results were full of dating sites, but that wasn’t what I wanted. Then I found CitySocialising which was exactly what I was looking for.

I’ve tried out new bars, restaurants and events all over the city that I wouldn’t have heard about otherwise. The first time I went to a social it was a bit scary, but you know it’s the same for everyone and you soon get over your nerves. I was lucky enough to come across a couple of people who I really clicked with and now meet up with them outside the organised socials.

The search engine is great because you can find people who share your interests. One girl contacted me because she saw from my profile that I like shopping, so now I’ve got a new friend to hit the high street with."

Alexis (30)
"I signed up to CitySocialising about 6 months ago. It was recommended to me by my brother who was previously a member in London. I now have a close group of about 8 to 10 friends that I first met through going out for a meal organised by CitySocialising.

I was, in a similar way to most new members, initially quite dubious of the idea of explicitly making new friends or "meeting like minded people", as a website is not really the first place I would generally look to fulfil such an intention.

Two of my closest friends had recently moved abroad and another had just moved in with his girlfriend and was going out less and less, so I wanted to meet new people to hang out with. Also, its nice to have the diversity of occupations and backgrounds that CitySocialising brings, as otherwise most of my friends are accountants!

One of the many good things about CitySocialising is that the people you meet are open to making new friends, and are generally quite outgoing / have something to say for themselves, as this is the kind of people who are prepared to take a chance on going along to an event for the first time.

I would certainly recommend it to anyone thinking of joining."

Alastair (28)
"I had come to the city not knowing anyone, 2 years earlier, to broaden my knowledge and practical skills and to jump into the array of cultural, intellectual and social opportunities which this great city had to offer.

I wanted to meet new people so, tired of self pitying, I threw away my precautions of being the new kid on the block, and signed up at www.citysocialising.com and what a thrill!

Citysocialising has not only changed my social life, but my life in general. I now have people that I can meet to socialise with…whether I want to go out for a crazy night of clubbing, go to a new art exhibition in the South bank or just relax over a fine cuisine in some of the hot restaurants around, I can do all that, without doing it on my own.

In the 2 years of being a member, I now have a social circle and friends of my own. It is hard being new in a big city like London and loneliness can be felt even when you have 8 million people around you. So as the great Euripides once wrote:” It is a good thing to be rich and a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be loved by many friends”.. and how right he was."

Rosemarie (32)
"Moving to London was a dream come true – however, it also meant leaving behind all my friends in South Africa and as any Londoner knows, making new friends here is not easy!

I joined CitySocialising.com because I wanted to be proactive about making new friends, rather than sitting back and hoping I’d meet more people through work.

It’s been one of the best things I’ve done: I’ve met a whole group of different people from both the UK and around the world, and two of them have already become pretty good mates.

It’s a great way to meet guys and girls platonically, without any pressure or gimmicks. And best of all, you never have to feel weird about striking up conversations with new people, because everyone’s there for the same purpose: to make friends and socialise!"

Gabrielle (27)