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  • Metro

    "The Virtual Reality of Social Networking: ...the time we spend interacting face-to-face has declined and so too has our mental health.... “Many people may not realise being sociable is very beneficial”, says Sophie Corlett of leading mental health charity Mind... “Employ social networking to enhance your life, not detract from it, maintain existing relationships and live in the moment....and seize every opportunity to be sociable."

  • The Guardian

    "Hello Stranger: ...Since I joined, on a friend's recommendation, invites have been dropping into my inbox on a daily basis: book clubs, film nights, concerts, day trips, bar crawls...."

  • Management Today

    "Women under 35: Welcome Generation Y:...or take Sanchita Saha, who founded social networking website CitySocialising. The maths graduate quit a promising career at the BBC where she helped to launch digital radio station 1Xtra to found this business, which helps city-dwellers to make friends."

  • Handbag.com

    "People's Choice Award: Voted for by the public on handbag.com, Sanchita Saha took home the People's Choice Award for her social networking site CitySocialising.com..."

  • Sunday Times

    "Log on for love: Flick on your computer and go to CitySocialising to meet young professionals who want to meet people (in their city)...The internet has replaced the workplace, the bar and the party as the safe way to make friends and find romance...among hard-working long-hours-at-the-office twenty and thirty-somethings almost everyone is doing it..."

  • Cosmopolitan

    "Cosmo changed my life: The idea (of CitySocialising) to create an online socialising network to help people in cities to meet new friends has gone from strength to strength and launched in eight other cities across the UK earlier this year...Sanchita (Saha) is also a proud ambassador of the Make Your Mark campaign that encourages those in their teens and twenties to turn their ideas into reality."

  • The Guardian

    "Hired help - Cash rich time poor?: ...the idea is simple: you register, choose from a long list of activities, and voila! You go off and meet your new pals....everyone is very friendly, and while most people are single, everyone stresses that it's about friendship first, not romance....in fact everyone seems to be having a great time."

  • Daily Mail

    "Guess who hates today?: Social networking and events company CitySocialising questioned 1,343 people about their attitudes to Valentines day and whom their ideal date would be. It wasn't film star looks or a billion-pound bank balance that prved the biggest draw for women. Instead they went for men with a sense of humour..."

  • South London Press

    "Making the right connections: The website (and CitySocialising service) was designed to allow like minded people to get together, whether for cocktails or cooking classes. Any city can be a lonely place if you don't have social connections in place or when circumstance change - friends moving away, settling down."

  • Wandsworth Borough News

    "Getting connected: There's no excuse for being at a loose end now that (Sanchita Saha) has set up a web-site and social events service dedicated to connecting new like minded friends in the city.. If you're new to a city it can be hard to know where to start. CitySocialising makes it easy to connect with others in the same boat."

  • Excelle

    "Fun & Friendhip: CitySocialising is the area's newest online and offline social networking and events company that connects new friends in Leeds and surrounding areas from Wetherby to Wakefield. It's a great way to meet new friends outside work or your current social crowd as members are laid-back, sociable and friendly crowd."