EFDSS is (I think) a member of Folk Arts England which is a much bigger organisation with many members (individuals, organisations or associates) and seems much more likely to get funding and be generally influential.

Arguably FAE is the group that EFDSS could have been if it had more large-scale business sense. It remains for EFDSS to find a niche that suits it, because as a national umbrella organisation it has been overtaken.

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