not represent the aims and outlook of the society. A proposed name was 'Folk Arts England', a name formerly used between 2005 and 2014 by the Association of Festival Organisers. Of 65 members surveyed in November 2021, 74% approved this name, against other proposals such as 'Folk Arts Society'. As of , consultation continues. EFDSS Gold Badge Awards The EFDSS Gold Badge Award, created in 1922, is made to those deemed to have made exceptional contributions to folk music, dance, or the wider folk arts and folk community. Many past recipients are prominent figures not only within the folk community, but of wider British culture and society. 1922 Lady Mary Trefusis; Griselda Hervey 1923 Cecil Sharp; William Kimber 1928 Maud Karpeles; William Wells 1929 Helen Storrow 1930 Winifred Shuldham-Shaw 1934 W H Bonham Carter 1938 Anne Gilchrist; Miss E F Lawrence 1940 Miss C Holbrow 1943 Dr Ralph Vaughan Williams 1945 Miss H Cornock Keen 1946 Lady Ampthill; Frank Howes 1948 Frederick Keel; R J Tabor; Rev E A White 1950 Richard Callender 1954 Violet Alford; Elsie Avril; Marjory Sinclair 1956 P J Terry 1957 Janet McCrindell 1960 Kenneth Constable; Irene Fisher; Marjorie Heffer; Dr Robert Kenworthy Schofield; George Osborne 1961 Kathleen Adkins; Miss L Chapin; Lily Conant; May Gadd; Margaret Grant; Sybil Lightfoot; Grace Meikle; Philip Merrill; Marjorie Penn; Evelyn Wells; Elsie Whiteman 1962 Alec Hunter 1963 Everal de Jersey 1964 Lady Mary Trevelyan; Dorothy Bessant 1965 Douglas Kennedy & Helen Kennedy 1969 Harry Cox; Arthur Marshall; Edward Nicol 1970 Dr W Fisher-Cassie; Fred Hamer 1971 Nan Fleming-Williams; Patrick Shuldham-Shaw 1973 Mollie Du Cane; Dr Leonard C Luckwill 1974 William Ganiford 1975 A L Lloyd 1976 Kenneth Clark; Johnson Ellwood 1977 Stan Hugill; Rev Kenneth Loveless 1978 Sybil Clark; Bob Copper (Copper Family); Kathleen Mitchell 1979 Bill Rutter 1980 Dr Russell Wortley 1981 Dr Lionel Bacon; Bob Cann 1982 Sam Sherry; The Watersons (Lal, Norma and Mike Waterson, John Harrison and Martin Carthy) 1983 Nibs Matthews; Walter Pardon; The Spinners (Tony Davis, Mick Groves, Cliff Hall and Hugh Jones) 1984 Philip Bloy; Leslie Hyner 1986 Hugh Rippon 1987 Reg Hall; Ewan MacCoIl; Peggy Seeger; Michael Yates 1988 Joe Brown; Ursula Vaughan Williams 1989 Peter Dashwood; Jack Hamilton 1990 Tom Cook; Pat Tracey 1995 Ivor Allsop; Liza Austin; Brenda Godrich; Cyril Jones; Fred Jordan; Harry Pitts; Rex Laycock 1996 May Beeforth; Elsie Cloughton; Tony Foxworthy; Francis Shergold 1997 Barbara Kinsman;