Reimagining finance for the 21st Century Economy
A guest blog from Stuart Hutton – who will be leading daily panel conversations in the Exchange venue at Greenbelt 2018. Ever since the credit crisis just over 10 years ago, we have seen...
Twitnits
The Twitnits is a collective of improvisers based in Sussex, performing musicals and sketches inspired by audience suggestions since 2011. They have run a regular comedy night in Brighton and...
Siobhan Donnelly
Siobhan Donnelly is a singer, writer and community artist from Cumbria, via Huddersfield. Growing up, Siobhan always loved folk music and singing and still can't quite believe she now gets to do...
Phoebe Rison
Phoebe Rison is the advocacy officer at Sabeel-Kairos, focusing on BDS and Morally Responsible Investment and a director of Embrace the Middle East Trading Ltd. She has worked on humanitarian,...
Yoga with Jenny and Atim
Jenny and Atim have taught yoga for many years in the Kettering area. They have offered yoga together at Greenbelt for several years and love to see new and familiar faces while we enjoy moments of...
What (not) to bring to Greenbelt
We're a fun bunch at Greenbelt, but sadly there do have to be some rules. Not many, mind. And they're all for your own good – we promise. What to bring Your camping kit (packed in an...
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...