Hi Paul,

EFDSS has an Education Director, and the part-time London Links post previously held by Sam Lee is now being expanded into an Education Officer's post with a much wider brief than just London. So hopefully the resources will be there for EFDSS to act as this kind of overview organisation, providing the links where necessary for people to find others who may be able to help with their activity and delivery, and helping to join up the dots!

It was always my view that Folk Arts England's Folk Arts Network (for pracitioners, animateurs and artists working in folk arts development) was a vital part of its role, becuase often people in different regions can be working in isolation. Unfortunately, FAN has gone rather dormant in recent years. There is definitely a bit of a gap currently in terms of bringing all of these people together, sharing good practice, and developing new partnerships.