I am certainly against politicising folk in UK ~ though artists are of course following political agendas much towards the left as has generally been the case through the centuries

The main organisation in UK seems to be such as EFDSS who have been able to secure funding for different initiatives from HLF and such bodies and thereby bring certain social aspects of folk to the surface ~ some leading to creation of news songs also

The future lies in musicianship and instrument workshop; in music making through folk sessions both song and tunes; through entertainment promoting folk artists through concerts and folk style appearances; and through festivals ~ the ever present alcohol seems to be a vital sponsorship source of funding (perhaps always was) ; the visual presence at summer festivals of dancers, such as morris, longsword etc is always popular and is probably what the "man in the street" associates with folk music best

Ray