Here’s to the Joes!
A guest blog from our associates, the URC--------------------------------------------------- Let's celebrate the unseen, the unremarkable and the ordinary people who achieve extraordinary things...
The Great Greenbelt Green Cup!
As part of our commitment to make Greenbelt greener, we are pleased to be able to introduce Greenbelt Green Cups for our 2016 festival, Silent Stars. This year, when you buy your drink in The Jesus...
Fix or distance?
A recent article by Associates Livability's Corin Pilling explores two common pitfalls in community life---------------------------------------How do we react when we meet people living on the...
New lineup announcements, April 15 2016
Adding to the lineup announced so far for Greenbelt 2016, here are a handful of great music and speaker names.MusicJoining returning festival favourites Beth Rowley, Danni Nicholls, Gaz...
Valerie Bloom
Valerie Bloom MBE writes poetry for adults and children. She presents poetry for the BBC, and her work features in GCSE and Caribbean exam syllabuses.
Neil Jameson
Neil Jameson is the founding executive director of Citizens UK, the UK's largest and most diverse community organising initiative.
Jude Wanga
Judith Wanga is an editor, activist and writer. She was the subject of the BBC3 documentary titled The World's Most Dangerous Place for Women, examining the use of rape as a weapon of war and the...
Fischy Music
Fischy Music is 20 years old! Our songs are woven into the fabric of everyday lives of children across Scotland and the UK. We have produced 13 albums' worth of original songs which are sung and...
Late night Greenbelt
One of the (many) beauties of our Boughton site is that we don't have to shut up shop early like we did at Cheltenham.So, don't plan to go to bed early this Greenbelt. Instead, stay up late.Stargaze....
Children’s and all-age programming
Our children's and all-age programme is bursting with goodness, featuring:Children's writers each day, including Val Bloom and Breis; Festival Communion led by children, with children at its heart;...
Greenbelt volunteer team leader off to the West Bank for three months
From April of this, retired accountant, Grandad and Greenbelt volunteer Team Leader Paul Clark from Bourton-on-the-Water in the Cotswolds will spend three months working as a human rights monitor on...
Gungor return to Greenbelt
We're delighted to announce that the wonderful Gungor will return to Greenbelt this summer. Last with us in 2011, a lot has happened for Michael and Lisa Gungor during these last few years. With a...
Kitty Daisy & Lewis
London siblings who grew up with songs handed down and sung at family gatherings, played on any instrument they could lay their hands on. They've opened for the likes of Coldplay and the...
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby
The Most Revd and Rt Hon Justin Welby became the Archbishop of Canterbury in 2013. He was previously Bishop of Durham, Dean of Liverpool Cathedral and a Canon of Coventry Cathedral, where he worked...
Mark Oakley
Canon Mark Oakley is dean of St John's College, Cambridge. He is an acclaimed speaker and writer on various issues including poetry, literature, spirituality and human rights. He is an Ambassador...