On this page (after a Link to  Info webpage for subs, ads, etc).

  1. Folklife's constitution.
  2. Folklife's team of editorial volunteers.
  3. Admin / online volunteers welcome, followed by a list of possible admin / online roles

For info on Membership subscription, reselling, ad rates, Updates, Opt-In:
go to Info webpage.    View online, and also, if you wish, download our "Info" PDF. 

Folklife's constitution

From Folklife West constitution agreed and adopted on 1 March 2004.
Aim

To collect, preserve, and provide information on all aspects of folklife: folk studies and folk culture.
Objectives
1. To stimulate a wider interest in folklife: folk studies and folk culture generally.
2. To update information where appropriate and as resources allow, in different media.
The organisation will be run on a non-profit basis.
The Board of Folklife West
must be unpaid volunteers. Chairman: Eric Payne. Secretary: JK ('Sam') Simmons. Treasurer: Eleanor Simmons.

We thank Folklife's team 
of editorial volunteers 

  • FOLKLIFE WEST:   Correspondents listed on right (on phones: below)
  • FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS JOURNAL: articles contributed last issue
  • ​​The Tradition of Cornish Hurling, by Lamorna Spry
  • Hymey Hancock - anatomy of a song, by Keith Gregson
  • Hussars, by Charles Menteith
  • We Shepherds are the Best of Men, by Veronica Lowe
  • New songs for old, by Rosie Upton
  • Baring-Gould’s People. 1 – James Parsons, by Martin Graebe 
  • Contributors change each issue, for a complete list please see www.folklife-traditions.uk/index-articles.html
  • EDITORS: Eleanor & Sam Simmons. 
  • ADMIN - SALES, DISTRIBUTION: Sam.
  • ADMIN - WEBSITES: currently Sam, but please see below.
  • TEXT EDITOR: David Harley (copy & edit news to word limits from members' websites
  • ILLUSTRATIONS, LOGOS, HAND-LETTERING: Chris Beaumont, Chris Stewart, John Crane.
  • PHOTOGRAPHS: Eden Tanner, Colin Davies.
Our Folklife West Correspondents, plus some local lists
CYMRU•WALES
Tudalen Cymru • Wales page ................................ Mick Tems 
N-E Wales & Cheshire ........................................... Brian Bull
Gwynedd: Travelling Sessions .............................. list: local sessions
ENGLAND, WEST COUNTRY (SW region)
Kernow•Cornwall .................................................... Lamorna Spry
Our Roving Correspondent (Glos-based) .............. Cresby aka Mr Red 
ENGLAND, WEST MIDLANDS
S. Birmingham & nearby ......................................... Bob Bignell 
Warwickshire with Coventry .................................... Malc Gurnham 
Cotswold Folk: S.Warks/N.Cotswolds+listings ....... Paul Bryan 
Staffordshire ............................................................. David Barker
ENGLAND, EAST & SOUTH
ENGLAND, S-E:     Folk Arts Oxford website ........... list: local folk 
ENGLAND, NORTH
ENGLAND,  N-W:  Cumbria & N.Lancs .................... Steve Harrison
From Sept 2025 issue, ENGLAND, N-E:.................... Eileen Richardson
CANADA:  Toronto........................................................ David Price
More Correspondents for other areas welcome, UK - or International !

Admin/online volunteers welcome.    Folklife publishes:
in print & online Folklife West, and Folklife Traditions Journal (& FT Directory)
online-only Folklife Directory, and Updates; and we email Updates.

We're pleased with our print publications, made possible by the splendid team of volunteers listed above.
Our websites suffer from being mostly me (Sam), I'm a print editor, not a web expert.

Ideally there would be a team running the websites; therefore I've listed various individual roles.
I'd like to give up my web roles as Website Editor for Folklife West, and for the Journal; and [the big one] as Print Editor for Folklife West.

I use Weebly as web hosts, and if I'm editing a site, I don't want to change this (I find WordPress, Wix, etc, too complicated, and I don't have time to learn).
But If we had a volunteer Website Editor(s) for FW, or for FTJ, then we could change to a Webmaster's recommended host.

Below  A LIST of possible ADMIN and ONLINE  ROLES.   Sam, 13 July 2025

Publications
When ? Role.      § = currently Sam, volunteers welcome.
1a FOLKLIFE WEST,  in print
3/year
Print Editor: §
1b FW, copied online
3/year
www.folklife.uk Website Editor : §
1c FW, copied online
ongoing
www.folklife.uk Webmaster for Webmate-hosted site : §
.


2a FOLKLIFE DIRECTORY online
ongoing
www.folklife.uk/directory & other web pages Website Editor §  
this was formerly a separate site, www.folklife-directory.uk, now included under www.folklife.uk
2b FD's Venues: ZOOM webpage
ongoing
www.folklife.uk/zoom Page Editor: §  
Page could be greatly developed; we've been given an extensive list of zooms, but no time to follow up
. Note on FD generally;
and on FD Zoom page

= above entries simply typed in (originally a list in print, copied over to start)
Better as online spreadsheet or database ~ volunteers to set up wanted.
.


3a 'UPDATES' webpage
ongoing
www.folklife.uk/updates Page Editor : §
3b 'UPDATES' emails
2-weekly Emailer: § (currently using MailerLite)
.


4a  FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS
JOURNAL, in print
2/year
Print Editor: Sam Simmons
If enough other roles were filled, FTJ could be 3/year...
4b FTJ, copied online
2/year
www.folklife-traditions.uk Website Editor: §
Online archive of all issues (each: index of contents, picture of cover, PDF download)
4c FTJ, copied online
2/year
www.folklife-traditions.uk Webmaster: §
Now hosted by Weebly, moving to WebMate
unless we have a new Website Editor,
and that Editor prefers to move elsewhere. A new site has been started on
www.folklife-trad.uk
.

= entries below simply typed in. Better as online spreadsheet or database ~ volunteers to set up wanted.
4d FTJ: Articles webpage To set up
(1-off) or
ongoing
www.folklife-traditions.uk/index-articles.html Web indexer : §
Articles simply listed by author, better to be able to search by author, title, subject, etc?
Ideally a database, but just an online spreadsheet would be a significant improvement.
4d FTJ: the FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS
DIRECTORY webpages
To set up
(1-off) or
ongoing
www.folklife-traditions.uk/ft-directory.html and 3 more webpages Web indexer : §
Simply typed in (originally a list in print, copied over to start)
Ideally a database, but just an online spreadsheet would be a significant improvement.

Our 2025 costs, for considering alternatives should a webmaster recommend changes

All prices include VAT.   Does not include computer software, hardware, Ko-Fi/PayPal payment fees, etc.

WEBMATE annual totals 2025
£ 42.00    Email @folklife.uk  [excellent service!]

£    9.00    Domain name: www.folklife.uk   (prepaid for 6 years £54)
£118.80    Managed Web Hosting - WebMate Pro: www.folklife.uk, monthly £9.90 (if annual £99)
£  12.00    Managed Web Hosting - REDIRECT: folklife.co.uk (redirects to folklife.uk
£  12.00    Managed Web Hosting - REDIRECT: folklife.org.uk (redirects to folklife.uk)
£    8.25    Domain Renewal: folklife.co.uk (prepaid for 2 years £16.50)
£    8.25    Domain Renewal: folklife.org.uk (prepaid for 2 years £16.50)

£  10.20   Domain name: www.folklife-trad.uk, annual  £10.20  (started 1/7/2025)
£    0        (after 1 year+ free! folklife-staging.webmate.me site for trials)
£  49.50   Managed Web Hosting - WebMate Pro: www.folklife-trad.uk, 
                 monthly £9.90 (if paid annually £99/yr) x for 5 months this year; change to annual later
_______
£270.00

WEEBLY        went from $7 to $13
£  80.00   Web hosting Weebly Personal Site: folklife-traditions.uk - 1 month $13 (+ bank charge), exchange-rate varies
                 Jan-Aug = 8 months x (say) £10, this will be discontinued, when folklife-trad.uk is set up on webmate

FASTHOSTS   domain currently forwards to Weebly (folklife-traditions.uk), then will forward to folklife-trad.uk when that's finished
£  14.39  ".uk" Domain Renewal - folklife-traditions.uk (prepaid 2 years £28.78)
_______
£364.39

One-off (Webmate)
£178.80 Feb 2025 Addon (folklife.uk) - JumpStart Pro  (move entire folklife-directory.uk site into folklife.uk site)
£178.80 Aug 2025 Addon (folklife.uk) - JumpStart Pro (move part of folklife-traditions.uk site to folklife-trad.uk site)

as of: 14 July 2025

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