As 2025 moves into February, here’s a reminder that we at KMS are still meeting weekly at our hired room close to St Austell town centre. We meet each Thursday between 12.00pm and 2.00pm and offer local men aged 18+ the opportunity to come along and have a chat over a cuppa and meet and … Read more

The Co-op Local Community Fund 2024-2025 We are delighted to have been chosen by The Co-op to be a part of their Local Community Fund for 2024-2025.   Please consider supporting our local community group by visiting our Cause Profile Page below: https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/87615 Could we also ask that current Co-op members in the area choose … Read more

  We here at Kernow Men’s Society are constantly aware of the need to make sure we have sufficient funds to continue offering our weekly meetings and outings to disadvantaged men in the local area. So, with that in mind, we are very grateful to the former committee of St Austell Carnival for deciding that … Read more

We here at Kernow Men’s Society are pleased to announce that we have been supported by Cornwall Community Foundation in their latest round of grant awards. Grant awarding is at the very heart of financially funding small, local community groups so that we, like others, can continue to offer our services to the locality that … Read more

St Austell Town Council – Local Council Award Scheme Foundation Kernow Men’s Society are pleased to announce that we have once again been supported by St Austell Town Council by way of a very welcome grant. KMS exists to try and help local men become more socially engaged by arranging weekly meetings for them to … Read more

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 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. 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

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

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