Projects
The Kernow Goth movement, along with Old Cornwall Societies, work on individual and collaborative projects that help support Cornwall's historic, cultural and environmental heritage.
If you (whether an individual, group or organisation) would like to discuss working with the Federation or any of the Kernow Goth societies on a project, please get in contact. Your group may be in the arts, education or environment sectors besides those in the heritage sector.
The Federation is also supporting the Cornish Buildings Group by sharing information about its Buildings at Risk Project. More about this project can be found by clicking Buildings at Risk Project which will take you to the project page.
Many Old Cornwall Societies work on projects within their local area, which you can find by on their pages - start exploring here. If you see a project you would like to get involved with, contact the relevant society who will be pleased to hear from you.
Please find below a selection of our current projects.
Hwedhlow an Mortidys - Tales of the Tides
The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies is proud to announce Tales of the Tides: Voices of the Sea, a major new project for 2026 made possible through a Blue Sparks grant from the Plymouth Sound National Marine Park.
Running throughout the year and delivered in partnership with Callington, Saltash, and Torpoint Old Cornwall Societies, the project will celebrate the deep connections between communities and the waters of the Tamar estuary. Through memory, creativity, language, and landscape, we will explore the living maritime heritage that continues to shape life on Cornwall’s side of the Sound.
The programme will include oral‑history training, Maritime Memory Days, guided riverside walks, creative workshops, a new Mummers Play, and a final touring exhibition. Together, these activities will record community stories, inspire new creative work, and strengthen our shared sense of place.
Tales of the Tides will create a lasting digital archive and a portable exhibition for Cornish and Plymouth audiences, ensuring that the voices, traditions, and experiences of the Tamar are preserved for future generations.
More details and dates will be shared as the programme develops.
Mapping Methodism
Christianity and place have been closely connected in Cornwall since the middle decades of the eighteenth century through the rich heritage of Methodism. It is a connection that is still symbolised today by the physical presence of town and village chapels and Cornish Story is now working in partnership with both the Methodist Church and the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies to create a series of profiles of both existing and former religious sites.
People and Place
Pobel A Gernow
The new scheme is a collaboration between the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies, Cornwall Heritage Trust, and Gorsedh Kernow. We want to engage the communities in Cornwall to nominate people from their area, who deserve recognition for the contribution they have made to the history and culture of Cornwall. You can nominate on the CHT website - click through to find out more.
Cornish Voices Dialect Project
The Cornish Voices Dialect Project is a collaboration between Cornwall Heritage Trust, The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies, Gorsedh Kernow and Lowender Peran. The project seeks to promote awareness of Cornish dialect both as a modern medium of communication and part of Cornwall’s cultural heritage.
Kenewgh! Sing!
This project aims to make it easy to learn to sing Cornish folk songs both in Cornish and in English. The accompanying book, edited by Dr Merv Davey and published by FOCS, contains dozen of your favourite Cornish singalong songs with the tunes. The words are in Cornish and English and so it’s a good way to learn Cornish. A collection which is ideal for Cornish gatherings everywhere, gathered together by the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies’ Folk Songs & Music Officer & Past Grand Bard. Most songs have brief historical notes appended. As indicated in the informative introduction, the book marks 100 years from the germination of the idea which led to the publication of Ralph Dunstan’s ‘Cornish Song Book’ at the time of the creation of Gorsedh Kernow, the Cornish Gorsedh.
