Guest, I'll bump this back upm to the top and say that I think you are right about the importance of the topic, but I also suspect that some people are feeling "what can we do", and having no answer, are just keeping quiet. I believe that Folk South West has funding for the coming year, but I also understand that TAPS (Roger Watson et.al) will lose their funding for the coming year. I hope the appeals have some effect, but I'm not confident.   When one thinks of the huge numbers of young performers (not to mention those less young) who have benefited from these organisations, and the amount they have then contributed to various communities, it seems appalling that they cannot continue to receive the small amount of funding they were already getting.
And does anyone know about Folkworks?
Saro