- The newly formed Shropshire Youth Folk Ensemble:

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Shooting Roots is a folk arts education organisation that provides workshops for 12-25 year olds at folk festivals across the country. Matthew has worked for several years as a Shooting Roots workshop tutor at Sidmouth, Broadstairs and Towersey Festivals. for more info, click on the banner:


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Miriam Ayling is Matthew's partner; she is an actor, folk singer, teacher and workshop leader with a huge amount of experience in enabling young people to access performance opportunities. Her site is still being developed; please return as it continues to grow:

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Andrew Clayton is an ex-colleague of Matthew's and a fellow composer. His latest CD, the Burden is now available from his website, the Note Juste. He also writes poetry; check out his blog for more info.

- Folk Against Fascism is a group of folk professionals and enthusiasts fighting the insinuation of the British National Party into the folk community; Matthew is a strong supporter of this group.
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