A great way of meeting friends in London and how it all began...

London-based CEO & founder of CitySocialising, Sanchita Saha, first identified the need for a service to help professional newcomers to the city integrate more easily into life in the Capital, in 2004. She saw how difficult it could be to move to London for work or with a partner without knowing anyone and wanted to make meeting friends in London easy for her peers and other like minded professionals.

In 2005, with help from the Prince's Trust, Sanchita set up a trial website and began developing this idea. Her ambition was to create a trusted online and offline London social club for sociable, laid-back professionals through which they could connect with new local friends with shared interests in the real world.

CitySocialising officially launched the London networking site in January 2007. Today over half of our members are seasoned London professionals seeking an easy and relaxed London social club to simply meet a few new friends (beyond their usual social/work crowd). Our crowd are genuine and fun-loving individuals wanting make the most of London's vibrant social scene while networking in London with new people.

Because of the successful response to CitySocialising's approach to making friends in London, in October 2007 CitySocialising launched nationwide in seven other UK cities and today the network has extended to nineteen cities across the UK with a fast-growing network of professionals who are all keen to meet and socialise with new friends in their area.

Meeting friends in London, networking with others with shared interests and expanding local social networks has never been more in demand amongst busy city professionals as:

• Relocating to new cities for work or with partners is common
• Friends settling down, having children or moving away can limit opportunities to go out.
• Social lives can become stale, or social circles dissipate after relationship breakdowns.
• Increasing demands at work allows less time to organise the social life that suits.

Social networking in London with CitySocialising is all about meeting friends in London in the real world so sign up today, search and find new friends or view more about how it all works.

And meet the CitySocialising team!