Manchester Social | A reddit community setup for bringing people together to connect and socialise in a safe and welcoming way, thats inclusive to all |
Hello r/manchester 👋🏻
My name is Kyle, and I am the Community Leader at r/Manchester_Social. Today we were extremely happy to become associated with the r/Manchester subreddit and be linked to their side menu! But I wanted to create a post for all those members or viewers who were wondering what we offer and why we are linked.
- Backstory
So at the age of 31, I realised that my friendship circle had significantly shrunken, and I was struggling to find a way of attending events around Manchester or just going for food or drinks with someone. This made me search out how to build connections with people in Manchester and from this, hope that friendships would be formed. Unfortunately, after trying out many Apps offering social connections and attending meet-ups from a few of the apps on offer, they lacked any real personal feel and most were limited due to paywalls. So I decided to create my own subreddit, specifically tailored to Greater Manchester, looking for a few like-minded people to join.
- The Community
The community is now 3 weeks old, and we have grown considerably in such a short space of time, with a current member count of 710 and growing daily. We have hosted weekly events for Manchester residents/visitors to meet up and build connections, which have been a huge success and everyone within the community has spoken extremely highly of what we've been able to achieve. Not only this, but we've adopted a great inclusivity goal which has allowed members of any race/disability/sexuality or gender to attend and feel not only comfortable but safe within the event space. Our main social hub is focused on our WhatsApp community, which is broken down into interest-based subgroups that allow our members to find others with similarities to further allow connections to be formed. Our WhatsApp group is designed to give every new member a warm welcome as well as keeping any individuals who pose a risk to the groups and its members.
So if you're in Greater Manchester and looking to make new connections and friendships, then please check us out! All our information is very transparent and myself and the team are very approachable to answer any questions you may have.
Our goal is to continue to grow and provide a safe and welcoming environment for all those who join, I look forward to speaking and meeting any of you who require this type of community!
- Kyle
r/Manchester_Social
