Right To Roam
Like a modern-day Woody Guthrie, Nick Hayes wants us to rediscover that 'this land is our land'. Find out how to cut through centuries-old power and privilege and reconnect with the countryside that...
Speaker(s): Nick HayesCommunion: …And Now, the Weather…
Every day on the news there are stories of doom and destruction; wars and rumours of wars; poverty, child abuse, corruption … and then a smiley soul slides on to tell us what the weather will be...
Speaker(s): Azariah France-Williams, Pip Herbert, Electric Cabaret, Peter Graystone, Christian Aid
…and now, the weather…
For our 2022 festival communion, we met to express the planet's fear and distress, to give words to creation's grief, and to ask for God's mercy. It was a service about climate care and climate...
Richard Dawkins at Greenbelt 2022
Over the course of our festival weekend, a few people once again raised concerns with us on our social media over inviting Professor Richard Dawkins to Greenbelt. The same concerns were raised way...
Life begins at 50
Greenbelt turns 50 next year: a landmark moment that offers us a chance to reflect. To take stock but also to glimpse the future ahead. So in 2023 we'll be making two changes to Greenbelt that...
Trans and non-binary – inclusion, support and programming at Greenbelt 2022
When we announced our lineup, concerns were raised about the inclusion of some speakers on the bill who it was claimed had shared gender critical views as part of their public and platformed...
To bring or not to bring? That is the question.
When we first moved to Boughton and away from Cheltenham Racecourse back in 2014, our festival theme was ‘Travelling Light'. We wanted festivalgoers to think carefully about what they really...
Vicki Hird
Vicki Hird MSc FRES is Head of the Sustainable Farming Campaign for Sustain: The Alliance for Better Food and Farming (over 100 non-profit organisations), is a published author and she also runs an...
Faraday
The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion is a Cambridge-based interdisciplinary research institute improving public understanding of religious beliefs in relation to the sciences.
Young, Woke and Christian
Join the authors of ‘Young, Woke and Christian' for a creative conversation spanning racism, homelessness, gender, sexuality, interfaith and more! This isn't a place for easy answers; it's...
Revolting Christians
Our friends from the United Reformed Church will be at Greenbelt Festival again this year. Here's a blog they've written about what they'll be doing and how you can get involved. It's written by Roo...
New for 2022: Greenbelt Quiet Communion
Do you find the big festival communion service a bit overwhelming? Do you want to share bread and wine, but can't quite face the noise and the crowd? We've got some good news for you. Greenbelt...
On Location
Amos Trust has been developing links and building relationships with the visual arts community in Gaza since 2015. On Location is their new project which promotes, supports and celebrates the power,...
Pickwell Foundation
The Pickwell Foundation collaborates with charities working with displaced people and with those combating climate change. They support our dedicated climate change-focussed venue and programme in...
CMS
When we look at the life of Jesus, we see that he spent time with people at the edges, often to the astonishment of the establishment. Sick people, poor people, tax collectors, those who were often...