Ray - I'm with you on the name change fiasco. A nonsensical waste of time and resources and potentially money down the drain.
As far as I know the Society has no direct involvement with any festivals although it does seek the occasional free ride to sell its wares.
Most of the established smaller dance festivals offer lots of workshops but tend to be blessed with an ageing audience.
The two largest festivals already offer a plethora of workshops of all kinds as well as a heavy commitment to involving children - it's the teens to forties (when we started!) that is not by and large being attracted.
The Society outside of London seems to be largely aiming at schools and the like.
Its song initiatives tend to focus on new works by a chosen few.
There is certainly no sign of the buzz expression "levelling up" within the Society.

I remember being offered a trip to a brand new medieval castle once when in Spain. Some people went twice!