Jim,
Just exactly what would you like to see happen in British Folk Clubs?

The clubs started to decline around about 1980 when the mainly young people who populated them started bringing up families. Since then we have seen massive changes in technology and social habits, much much more to to compete with for our time. The folk scene has progressed/regressed, depending on your viewpoint, in other ways since then.

Personally I see many many good young performers turning to traditional folk song, singing in folk clubs and at festivals and taking an interest in the academic side. More of us, including the young ones, are going into schools and other institutions to spread the word. The scenes in Yorkshire are vibrant and varied and there is plenty of interest in the tradition.