Putting the protest back in Protestant
A blog from Sam Walton of our associate Quakers in Britain As a person of faith, my first loyalty must be to God's purposes, to act on conscience even when it is not easy. But I'm not a Quaker...
DJPC
DJPC's love of otherworldly electronic sounds began as a young lad in Leeds when he experienced his local community radio stations playing the emerging house sound from the U.S in the late...
Ben Solanky
Ben is the Director and Co-Founder of the charity Empathy Action. He's worked in the charity sector for over 20 years. He started out by asking companies to give their surplus products for aid work...
Matti Hemmings
Matti Hemmings is a Professional Flatland BMX rider and 3 x Guinness world Record holder. He competes in international competitions, plans and hosts extreme sports events and performs shows at the...
Harry Bird
Harry Bird is a Glasgow based singer-songwriter, composer and circus/theatre musician. With a deep love of stories and how we can connect through them, he has spent the last 15 years touring hundreds...
What (not) to bring to Greenbelt
We're a fun bunch at Greenbelt, but sadly there do have to be some rules. Not many, mind. And they're all for your own good – we promise. What to bring Your camping kit (packed in an...
Windrush & Carnival
The Festival Communion service at Greenbelt 2018 put the story of Windrush, racial inclusion and justice at its heart. Here you'll find all the words from the service to download and share and use...
Communion
The “thin” moment where each Sunday morning since 1974, everything else at GREENBELT stops. When we gather to worship God and share in the Festival Communion together. Listen, watch and download...
Silence is not peace!
A guest blog from our associate USPG The Philippines is rich in mineral deposits, but over 40,000 indigenous people have been forcibly displaced from their ancestral lands and over 1,000 students...
Gŵyl Coda 2018: Gathering Hope
A blog by longterm Greenbelter and former festival trustee, Paul Bennett on the newest member of the Greenbelt Family... The Welsh word “bach” translates literally as “small”. But it also...
Community sponsorship: transforming ourselves and others
A guest blog from Tim Finch of our associate partner Citizens UK. Last November, five people gathered in my front room in Peckham, South East London. Two of them were me and my wife. We met to...
Hope in troubled times
A guest blog from our associate Quakers in Britain Imagine the world you would like to see. Perhaps people are more equal here. Perhaps the Earth is thriving once more. Perhaps oppression and...
Glitter, Gainsborough and Gin
Okay, so our alliteration doesn't quite work (it's all in the soft 'G', don't you know). But you get the idea! This blog is about a few specials on offer at Greenbelt this year, but which come at a...
Is foolishness the wisest thing of all?
A guest blog from our associate Winchester University Theological Department The book of Ecclesiastes talks about what it's like to chase after knowledge only to find that, after all, you still...
Reaching for Mercy
A guest blog from Andy Freeman of our Associate Space to Breathe – about Proost, a long-term friend of Greenbelt and now operating in a new home… One of my big expectations for our work at the...