Date published: 01.09.08 - not release date

West Londoners are Capital's Most Sociable Crowd in London Social Networking Scene

West Londoners become the Capital’s most sociable crowd as they make new friends in London through CitySocialising.com

As the new year begins, more and more young Londoners who find their social lives in a rut or who just need some fresh inspiration are looking to the internet to help them connect with people and meet friends in London. However, some areas of the city seem more sociable than others.

A survey of CitySocialising.com’s members reveals that West Londoners form an impressive 39% of their membership base. South Londoners are a close second with 37%, but East Londoners are the opposite extreme making up only 11% of members.

Platonic socials in the city are becoming increasingly popular as newcomers to the Capital seek to kick-start their social life and others look to expand their social networks and meet people they have something in common with.

City workers are also proving to be very sociable with four in every ten people who use CitySocialising.com working there. According to CitySocialising.com, an online and offline London social networking service for young professionals, the answer lies in people with busy jobs having less time to organise their social lives and less opportunities to meet new people.

Sanchita Saha, founder of CitySocialising.com (www.citysocialising.com) says: “The idea came from understanding the difficulty people face in forging new friendships when moving to the Capital or to a new area of the city. Making new friends in your 20s and 30s, especially in a vast city like London and organising your social life with work and time constraints can be hard to do.

“People want to meet in a platonic, relaxed and informal way. We are helping people make the most of the brilliant city they live in and form new London social networks of like minded friends and contacts at the same time.”

24-year-old Laura Babb from West London says: “I have been in London for around three years but I was in a long term relationship most of this time so I hadn’t made nearly enough effort to meet people and make new friends. My social life is more important to me now than ever before and CitySocialising.com has been a really easy and laid-back way to make good friends in London.”

31-year-old City worker Dino Purnomo says: “London is a great city with so many people and so much to offer but I find I’m just too busy to sort out my social life. In my case, a number of friends have moved abroad too and I'd like to expand my circle of friends so I can make the most of living here. CitySocialising.com provides me with a friendly and un-intimidating way to socialise with new people and explore more of London’s social scene at the same time.”

CitySocialising.com is the only social networking company to operate across the whole of London. The service enables young professionals to connect, meet and socialise in groups at regular days and nights out and discover new parts of the city.

With over 3,500 members and growing, online services such as CitySocialising.com offer busy career workers the chance to make the most of living in one of the world’s most famous capitals.

Notes to editors:

1.About CitySocialising.com
Sanchita Saha founded CitySocialising.com in January 2005 with the aim to help newcomers and young professionals in London enjoy the same positive experiences of the city that she has benefited from.

Originally from Reading, Sanchita moved to London at 18 to study at University College London. She developed her network of friends through university and then, since staying in London, through work and other friends.
However, friends' and colleagues' less positive experiences of moving to London later on in their mid-20s and 30s, and having less time and opportunities to meet new people and build a social network, inspired her to create a cool and relaxed way to connect those who were seeking to meet and socialise with other like minded people and make new friends in the Capital.
Sanchita identified that real friendships were cemented over time and were based on sharing experiences and fun times together. She therefore wanted to re-create her own encounters of going out to London's multitude of bars, restaurants and galleries, socialising and having fun with groups of friends for others.
CitySocialising.com is a service which allows young London professionals to both connect online, and meet and socialise in groups offline, with like minded others who share similar interests or who live or work in the same area of London for example. It is not a dating service but rather a great way to meet new people in a relaxed and informal way and make the most of London’s infinite social offerings - ideal for those who have just moved to the city or those whose social circles/life in the Capital have dissipated or become stale.
Other than their refreshing approach to meeting new people and making new friends and contacts in the Capital, what makes CitySocialising.com unique is that the service operates across the whole of London so it is a great way to discover new areas of the city and great if you’ve just moved to a new area.

www.citysocialising.com

2.For further comment or interviews with Sanchita Saha of CitySocialising.com contact Bridget Taylor or Tracey Warmington at BOTTLE PR bridgettaylor@bottlepr.co.uk or traceywarmington@bottlepr.co.uk or call 01865 882988.

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