I thought you all might be interested to know that ACE East Midlands met today, and we have achieved another year's funding for Raising the Roots, Loughborough Town Hall's folk development project. This includes an extensive schools project with The Demon Barbers, workshops at Loughborough Folk Festival, playground games and longsword dancing in schools with Sue and Pete Coe, and a brand new schools project involving Gypsy and Traveller culture. Our total grant is £13,700.

I know it's a drop in the bucket compared with some of the funding to folk organisations that's recently been cut, but still, I hope, worth celebrating.