Save the date! For one week only, your donations will be DOUBLED for FREE through The Big Give Christmas Challenge 2023!
From midday on Tuesday 28th November to midday on 5th December, donations made to the English Folk Dance and Song Society through The Big Give website will be doubled.
This is an exceptional opportunity for our supporters to make a big impact, up to our ambitious fundraising target for the week of £10,000. It is crucial that we take advantage of this brief donation window - if you would like to receive a notification reminding you to donate, follow the link below.
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Individual donations are an essential form of support for us. Without them, we would be unable to continue the varied and unparalleled work we do to develop a whole range of folk activities across music, dance and scholarly research. Your donation, large or small, will directly help to grow and nourish the future of the folk arts.
The funds from this campaign will be directed towards our Folk Rising programme. Folk Rising seeks to re-define English folk music and dance for the 21st century by supporting a greater diversity of artists to explore and work with folk. Through bursaries, rehearsal space, and training/support, the programme amplifies new voices and fosters fresh interpretations of folk music and dance relevant to today's society.
Throughout the big week we will be sharing more about Folk Rising, and the impact that bursaries we’ve awarded over the past few years have already made on the lives and careers of groundbreaking artists. You can also find out more about the programme on our Big Give fundraising page.
Our Big Give fundraising page
We are grateful to our generous pledgers, along with the Reed Foundation as Big Give champion funder, who are donating the match funding which will double your gift.
Recent bursaries and commissions from the English Folk Dance and Song Society have kick-started ground-breaking and far-reaching projects such as Angeline Morrison’s The Sorrow Songs. Queer Folk, by Sophie Crawford and George Sansome, Stick in the Wheel’s Perspectives on Tradition, and many more.
Read more about our bursaries
Image: Folk Dance Remixed, EFDSS Associate Company
