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...
The Tank – Greenbelt’s very own festival cafe
The Tank is run by an energetic, friendly, fun and dedicated team who've been brewing up and making mochas for us at the festival for 15 years or so now. That's a lot of fair trade cups of tea...
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...
Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir
Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir is a London-based gospel choir committed to creating contemporary gospel of the highest standard and performing it as widely as possible, especially in the places where...
Experience A Refugee Journey First-Hand
Andy Robertson, aka GeekDad Gamer, returns to Greenbelt once more this summer with a whole heap of ideas and opportunities around digital gaming and exploring faith and meaning through them. Here, he...
Tenx9 storytelling – back at Greenbelt 2018
Tenx9 is delighted to be back at Greenbelt for 2018. Tenx9 is a storytelling sensation, where 9 people have up to 10 minutes each to tell a true story from their lives. For Greenbelt 2018,...
You Could Be the Secret Behind our Success…
The good news is that Greenbelt is growing again. Ticket sales are strong and we've had to find space for extra live-in vehicles. But the challenge with this growth is that we need more people to...
The Greenbelt 2018 Food & Shopping Guide
Ben Pugh, who looks after our Caterers and Traders, gives you some top tips for 2018's festival I'm now in my 6th year of looking after Caterers and Traders at Greenbelt (which is also my 28th...
Greenbeltrun – 5k
NOTE: This blog is from 2022. For the latest greenbeltrun info, check the lineup page, Festival Guide or App. You know those 5k runs you might do on a Saturday morning in your local park (or other...