PUB-GOERS across Cornwall can join together to sing the Cornish anthem ‘Trelawny’ on St Piran’s Day for a charity event.

The ‘Trelawny Shout’ is the brainchild of the Cornwall Community Foundation and was started last year.

The 9pm mass singing of ‘The Song Of The Western Man’ saw 70 pubs and almost 3,000 people take part, raising £10,000.

This year’s event looks ready to double this.

Cornwall Community Foundation chief executive Oliver Baines said: “This simple idea of coming together at the same time to sing the same song has tapped into everyone’s love of Cornwall.

“St Piran’s Day is when we all want to celebrate the amazing place we live but we don’t all know how to do it. We do now!

“Get yourself to a participating pub at 9pm and sing your heart out!”

The Cornwall Community Foundation funds projects throughout the parishes in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly and all the money it raises stays in Cornwall.

St Austell Brewery is a big supported of the charity and the event. Around 90 of its pubs have signed up so far and the list it still growing.

Director Adam Luck said: “Word is spreading, which is exactly what we hoped. We’d like every one of our pubs to take part — that really would sound like 20,000 Cornishmen raising the roof!”

The Fishermen’s Friends will be helping out, as well as the Aggie Boys, other shanty choirs, male and female voice choirs, barber shops, folk groups, ensembles and Cornish bands.

The pubs will be raising money during the evening to help towards a final total — this will be helped by a donated keg of St Austell Trelawny Ale for each participating shout.

More details can be found at www.cornwallfoundation.com or www.staustellbrewery.co.uk and find Trelawny Shout on Facebook and Twitter.