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...
Jack Monroe at Greenbelt 2017
This year, we were thrilled to welcome Jack Monroe to Greenbelt. Jack falls into the you-need-to-ask-four-or-five-years-in-a-row category of festival contributor. Along with the likes of Billy Bragg....
Charles Handy at Greenbelt 2017
A personal reflection on the great man's visit to Greenbelt 2017 from Paul Northup, Greenbelt's Creative Director … If you're of my vintage (clears throat: half a century or so on 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...
Murmuration at Greenbelt 2017
One of the most amazing things about this year's festival was Murmuration, a commissioned, site-specific installation of delicate birds, suspended above the walkway towards the 'Other Side of the...
The contemplative organiser: developing a spirituality of action
Community organising is rooted in multiple traditions, and inseparable from their spiritual practices. In this workshop, we explore how contemplation can nurture action, and how organising should...
Speaker(s): Citizens UKTransforming your church, changing the world: using community organising to reinvigorate your congregation to work for the common good
Learn from two people who know it works! Revd Keith Hebden and Revd Canon Angus Ritchie share their first-hand experiences of using community organising to build congregations that are passionate –...
Speaker(s): Citizens UKCommunion: Bring a Body
Gather from 10am for our annual festival communion service. All are welcome. This year's communion service – entitled “Bring a Body” is designed to reflect and celebrate how radically...
Speaker(s): Fischy MusicLooking for a Living Wage: How to run a Living Wage campaign in your area
The Living Wage campaign started in our very first community alliance in East London in 2001. In this session we share the tried-and-tested organising methods that root this national campaign in...
Speaker(s): Citizens UKA different kind of power: what does power have to do with theology, and why does it matter for community organising?
Power. This hotly-debated, sometimes keenly avoided, concept is central to community organising. We share the secret – and the theological basis – of a power based on relationships, not...
Speaker(s): Citizens UK