Communities sponsor refugees
A guest blog from Neil Jameson, Executive Director, of our Associates Citizens UK More refugees from the Syrian conflict will be resettled in the UK over the coming years with the launch of...
Help feed the struggling at Christmas
A guest blog from our partner Christian Aid As the nights draw in and Christmas markets pop up cross the UK filling the air with the scent of oranges and cinnamon, the warm summer nights spent at...
The darkest hour …
A response to the latest Trump card played – from Paul Northup, Greenbelt's Creative Director. They turned the lights off on the Christmas Tree in Manger Square in the little town of Bethlehem...
Introducing the all-new(ish) Campervan Field
The field formerly known as the 'Caravan and Live-in Vehicles Field' has had a makeover. (Well, a new name.) You'll find that it's been renamed the Campervan Field. We realise that it can be...
For the children of Palestine the second Balfour century has already begun
This article was written by Greenbelt friend and speaker Robert Cohen and originally published on the Patheos website on the 1 November. It is republished here in its entirety with kind permission...
On winning the AIF ‘Act of Independence’ award
This is what we said at the AIF awards do in Cardiff on Monday 30 October 2017 ... "We're honoured to receive this award. It's a big deal for us to be noticed. Especially when our internal...
Acts of the Imagination
A first few thoughts on the theme for Greenbelt 2018 from Creative Director Paul Northup. Since we moved to our new festival site in 2012, our themes have been quite practical – about our...
The eight weirdest things in Greenbelt storage
It takes a lot of stuff to fill the Greenbelt site and make it work as it should. And once the festival's over, all that stuff has to go somewhere. Thankfully, our friends at Safestore gave us a...
First steps to a happy future in the West Bank
A blog by our Associate Embrace the Middle East ... The first steps to a happy future in the West Bank… By the end of the Greenbelt this summer, festival-goers had sponsored 215 Olive Trees,...
T-shirt replacements
When we heard that some of our lovely Greenbelt '17 t-shirts lost their print in the wash, we cried. But then we picked up the phone, told the t-shirt printer, and they offered to print new t-shirts...
Greenbelt wins ‘Act of Independence’ award
Continuing our award-winning streak in 2017, we've just bagged the prestigious independent festivals ‘Act of Independence' award for our showcasing of Muslim art and culture in partnership with...
Here’s what we’re hearing
We're beginning to pore through the feedback you gave us in our post-festival survey. Thanks! Almost 1,500 of you completed the questions for us. And it's always so incredible and helpful working...
The Top 10 Reads from #gb17
Our Christian media partner Church Times reveals your Top Ten Reads from #gb17 ... Drumroll please ... from G-Books (the festival bookshop), here are the ten best-selling books at Greenbelt this...
Chine McDonald
Vice-chair of Trustees Chine McDonald is vice-chair of Greenbelt. In her day job, she's Director of Theos - the religion and society think tank. She was previously Head of Community Fundraising and...
9 ways to hang on to that festival feeling
The Greenbelt weekend – with its reams of talks, art and conversation – can be a pretty mind-altering, life-changing experience. But even the most intense experiences fade over time as summer...