What should I expect at my first activity?

A small group of 4 to 6 women, all meeting for the first time. One thoughtfully curated activity — pottery, a themed dinner, comedy night, whatever feels right. We handle every detail. You just show up.

How does matching work?

When you take the quiz, we learn about your chapter of life, your energy, your neighbourhood, and what you’re looking for. We match you with women who share your season — same life stage, same vibe, close to you. No swiping. No random strangers.

Is this a dating app or a networking app?

Neither. Nobody comes to pitch anything or swipe on anyone. Chérie is built for one thing: real female friendship. The activities are curated, the groups are intimate, and nobody knows each other yet — that’s the whole point.

Does the membership include the activities?

Your membership gives you access to the village — the matching, the community, and the platform. Each activity is priced separately based on what it is — you’ll always see the cost before you book. Members get 15–50% off every experience.

What if I don’t click with my group?

Tell us. We’ll personally follow up and make sure your next experience feels better aligned. If after 14 days it doesn’t feel right, we’ll refund you in full. No questions asked.

Where is Chérie available?

London and San Francisco. More cities are coming. Take the questionnaire — if we’re not in your city yet, you’ll be first to know when we arrive.

Is Chérie only for women?

Yes. Studies show that close female friendships reduce cortisol levels, strengthen immune function, and significantly extend life expectancy. Women with strong female bonds make better decisions, exit bad situations sooner, and report a higher sense of self-preservation. We’re building the village women have been missing.

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Support

Version 1.0 · Last updated: 10 August 2026

This is the fuller list of support services promised by section 9 of our Safety Guidelines. It is a signposting page: almost nothing on it is us. The organisations below are independent of Chérie, and you do not need to have used Chérie, or to tell us anything, to contact any of them.

1. Numbers worth having

Who	Number	For what
Emergency services	999	Immediate danger, or someone seriously unwell.
Silent Solution	999, then 55	If you cannot speak safely. Call 999, and when prompted press 55 — it tells the operator you need police and cannot talk.
Police, non-emergency	101	Reporting something after the fact.
Ask for Angela	Say it at the bar	Any UK licensed venue displaying the scheme. Trained staff will help you leave discreetly.
Rape Crisis England & Wales	0808 500 2222	Free 24/7 support line for anyone 16+ affected by any form of sexual violence, abuse or harassment — whenever it happened, and whether or not you want to report it.

That is the complete list we are willing to publish today. We are not going to pad it out with numbers we have not checked ourselves, because a helpline number that has changed is worse than no number at all. The additional services — including local ones, and services outside England and Wales — are: [To be completed — the additional support services, including local and nation-specific services, each with its number and hours re-verified on the day of publication]

2. Ask for Angela

If you feel unsafe, uncomfortable or threatened in a licensed venue in the UK, go to the bar and ask a member of staff for “Angela”.

It is a recognised code phrase. Trained staff will understand that you need help without you having to explain, and will discreetly take you somewhere safe, reunite you with a friend, put you in a taxi, or ask the person causing the problem to leave.

It is used across bars, pubs, clubs and restaurants in London and beyond, and posters are usually inside the toilet cubicles. You do not have to justify it to anyone.

3. Telling us

Email hello@cherie.social or report in the app. You can tell us as much or as little as you want. We will:

read it within 24 hours, and act the same day if there is a risk to anyone;
make sure you are never matched with that person again;
preserve the records rather than let them be deleted;
take action on the account, up to permanent removal;
support a police report if you want to make one, including providing what we hold; and
never require you to make a police report as a condition of us acting.

Whether you tell the police is your decision and yours alone. Nobody at Chérie will pressure you either way.

If your complaint is about us — a decision we made, something we got wrong, an account we restricted — that has its own route and its own timescales, at cherie.social/complaints.

4. Where else to look on this site

Safety Guidelines — what we do, what we cannot do, and what helps. Practical rather than legal. Worth reading before your first Experience.
What we check — exactly what we verify about a member, and what we do not.
Community Guidelines — what we expect from each other, and what happens when it goes wrong.
Complaints & Appeals — how to tell us something is wrong, and how to challenge a decision.
Child Safety Standards — our policy on child sexual abuse and exploitation, and how to report it.
Privacy Policy — what we hold about you, and how to get a copy of it or have it deleted.

5. Keeping this page right

We re-check every number on this page before we publish a change to it, and at least every six months. This version was last checked on 10 August 2026. If you call one of these and it does not go where this page says it goes, please tell us at hello@cherie.social — that is the most useful email we could get.