It's not so much a charity, Jim, as a 'collective' to help ensure that Folk traditions are not hijacked by certain parties that tried to just that some time ago. I think the resurgence this time is to promote diversity rather than national exclusivity and show support to those disenfranchised by recent events. Hope it doesn't spark another round of right wing attacks on this and other folk related sites :-(

Hope this helps and, yes it is worthy.

Cheers

DtG