Living Wage Employer
We are pleased to announce that we are now accredited as a Living Wage employer. The Living Wage commitment will see everyone working at Greenbelt, regardless of whether they are direct employees or...
Festival etiquette: to shower or not to shower?
A guest blog from our sponsor The Church Housing Trust Some festivalgoers cannot bear the thought of not washing for three days and will either have booked a shower or be planning to queue for...
A-Level Results
A guest blog from By Emma Temple, MA student at Leeds and SCM General Council Deputy Convenor on behalf of our Associate Student Christian Movement Everyone remembers the feeling of opening their...
A greener festival
Over the last few years we've got rid of allllmost all our single-use plastic (we're still coming for you, cable ties) and managed to halve our festival fuel consumption. Each year we measure our...
Accidental Saints
What if, even in our persistent failings, holy moments are waiting to happen? Nadia Bolz-Weber explores the power and promise of vulnerability, uncovering the unlikely wholeness we find when we speak...
Speaker(s): Nadia Bolz-WeberConfessions of a part-time author
At Greenbelt 2013, Simon gave an exclusive reading from his third Itch book, Itchcraft. This year, six months away from his next novel's publication, he's back. The book is called Blame, but...
Speaker(s): Simon MayoNo Enclosed Garden: Thomas Traherne’s Boundless Innocence
In this session we will linger awhile with Traherne – poet of the Welsh Borders, lover of nature and people – to be enraptured together by his visions of boundless innocence, and wonder at how...
Speaker(s): Elizabeth S. DoddGod and the Moneylenders: Inside the War on Wonga
In summer 2013 Archbishop Justin Welby captured the attention of the nation by declaring ‘war on Wonga'. Hear what has happened since, why it's important, and how you can get involved from...
Speaker(s): David BarclayLeadership From The Margins
In conversation with Rachel Parry, hear the extraordinary story of how a young girl, growing up as a Dalit in a rural area, became the first female bishop in India. Bishop Pushpa Lalitha, against...
Speaker(s): Bishop Pushpa LalithaNeil Messer
Neil Messer is Professor of Theology at the University of Winchester, where his research and teaching focus on Christian ethics and the relationship of science and theology. Neil began an academic...
Something for everyone : all-age programme
Jem Maynard-Watts (aka Thomas Trilby) takes a quick dip into just a few things on offer for children and families at Greenbelt...
The Red Tent – the programme in store
The Red Tent is an old idea. But it's new at Greenbelt. Whenever we've programmed feminist content at the festival, there has been a huge appetite for it. Overlay that with what faith and its...
Gren Bartley Trio
Gren Bartley is a prolific and exceptional songwriter. He is constantly touring and forever writing. 2015 saw the release of Gren's first full band based album on Fellside Recordings,...
Luqman Ali
Luqman trained in the sciences of Islam and the languages (Arabic, Persian and Urdu) and cultures of the Middle East and the Subcontinent. In 1997, Luqman co-founded Khayaal, the first professional...
Pete Westall
Pete Westall is Group General Manager for Colleague & Co-operative Services for the Society, with responsibility for the Society's Co-operative Social Responsibility commitment as well as all...