On Air With BBC Radio Cornwall

On Air With BBC Radio Cornwall   Listen in as we chat live with Anoushka Williams on BBC Radio Cornwall’s Breakfast Programme. Anoushka asked about the group’s origins, when we meet, how men think about talking to others about things that may be troubling them and lots more. Click this link to hear the chat … Read more

The Co-op Local Community Fund 2022-2023

The Co-op Local Community Fund 2022-2023 We are delighted to have been chosen by The Co-op to be a part of their Local Community Fund for 2022-2023. Please consider supporting our local community group by visiting our Cause Profile Page below: https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/65938 Could we also ask that current Co-op members in the area choose our … Read more

2022 So Far

2022 So Far. After a tumultuous couple of years brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic we here at KMS have managed to reconvene our weekly meetings throughout 2022. There’s been plenty of chat and laughter, a couple of thousand cuppas downed and probably a few thousand biscuits chomped on as well……all provided free of charge … Read more

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2021

The group enjoyed an excellent Christmas lunch at The White Hart Hotel in St Austell and with it we closed for the year 2021. Like 2020, 2021 was another difficult year but we managed to re-establish our weekly meetings for guys in the locality who might feel the need for a bit of friendship and … Read more

Fantastic Coop Donation

Cooperative Store Local Community Cause Fund Each year the Coop donates part of its turnover to deserving local causes and for the last year we have been a part of that funding round. The period runs from October to October each year and final payouts are calculated and made during November. KMS are thrilled to … Read more

Volunteer Cornwall Grant

Mental Health Crisis Grant We here at Kernow Men’s Society would like to thank Volunteer Cornwall for the recent award of a Mental Health Crisis Grant. Social exclusion and loneliness is a scourge on people’s mental health and we offer local guys the opportunity to meet up with others in a friendly environment to have … Read more

BBC Radio Cornwall

Visit From Jack Murley from BBC Radio Cornwall We were delighted to welcome BBC Radio Cornwall’s Jack Murley to the group as part of Jack’s getting out and meeting various groups in the area recently. Jack wanted to see for himself  who we were and what we are about so he had a chat with … Read more

Resumption Of Regular Meetings

Kernow Men’s Society are pleased to announce that we have been able to resume or regular social meetings with a meeting taking place on Monday 19th April. We shall be monitoring attendance numbers in the light of social distancing rules with a view to being able to invite new members to come along again and … Read more

Good News – Meetings Restarting Again!

As the headline suggests, after consultation with our landlords and after undergoing a risk assessment we are able to restart our Monday meetings again after a long year away. We will be resuming on Monday 19th April at 12pm at our usual venue of St John’s Church on Bodmin Road, St Austell. Initially, because of … Read more