According to the EFDSS website, its mission statement is to:

    * maintain itself as a centre of excellence for the study, practice and dissemination of traditional English folk song, dance and music;
    * provide national and local outreach services that enable and increase access;
    * celebrate diversity and promote equality

I'm not sure I sense any clear direction of how it intends to achieve these. So far as the first point is concerned, it appears to me that the centres of excellence are elsewhere, run by other organisations. As for the second, there is little evidence of this extending much beyond north London.

EFDSS appears to be focussing on being taken seriously by the arts establishment, and no doubt projects such as the collaboration between morris and contemporary dancers help to obtain funding. I'm not sure they're very relevant to folk at the grass roots level.