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Folk is a movement where community is at the forefront. Folk music and culture has the opportunity to bring together people from entirely different backgrounds. To have the opportunity to facilitate such a welcoming community is something that for Ollie and I cannot be missed out on. We are aware of a big folk community in the student population. For example, the Album Review society holds folk nights which are attended by many. However, currently there is no sole place to bring that community together and this society could assemble that. Leeds is a brilliant city for folk, and we have an opportunity to introduce students to the wider culture of it. The society would provide several opportunities to build confidence through performances and a space to meet and make new friends. We know the University has had a folk society before which Ollie, and I missed out on and we wish to reintroduce it. We know we are the right people to reintroduce it. For Ollie, folk music has always been involved in his life. His family are from Whitby where a big folk community resides, and his parents would often play him folk music when growing up. My interest in folk lies in the anonymity. Whilst there are spokespeople of folk, without community the culture would not exist and there is something truly beautiful in that.