Statements
7.1.2026 With regret and apology from us, Helen Lewis will no longer be speaking at this year's festival. Following her inclusion in our first lineup names, we received some pushback from our LGBTQ...
Festival Friends
We're blessed as a festival to have lots of great friends. And these friendships add richness and diversity to the space we make and the programme we offer. The content that our Festival Friends...
Allotment Gallery
The Allotment Gallery is back for its sixth year. Our pop-up gallery space is housed in a garden shed and it can be found in The Wilderness, playing host to eight fantastic mini-exhibitions across...
Greenbelt presents…
The best things in life aren't things. And some of the best programming at festival are ideas and events that have grown up from within the Greenbelt community itself, over years of passion and...
Seven Words from the Holy Land
We asked trustee Ben Solanky to blog about his experience of going on the Greenbelt-Oasis Trust alternative pilgrimage to Palestine-Israel with Amos Trust in May. Here's his story, in seven images...
Advice for a Greenbelt Newbie (from a Greenbelt newbie)
Here's some wisdom from our new trustee Molly Boot, who came to Greenbelt last year for the very first time. On her own! Thinking of coming to Greenbelt on your own, or for the first time? Last...
The Foundry
Thanks to the generous support of The Methodist Church, The Foundry is our brand new cafe-conversation venue, serving up strong coffee and mint tea by day and a non-alcoholic soft drinks in the...
ESA
ESA is a 19 year old producer from South East London who has been coming to Greenbelt Festival from an early age. Drawing inspiration from the environment that surrounds him, he has been known to...
Repair Café
The textile Repair Café is hosted by Penn, Jane and Carey, all with the experience to help you create what you want to achieve. Penn got the Mend and Re-use bug back in 2016. She started out as a...
Citizens UK
Citizens UK is a people power alliance of diverse local communities working together for the common good. Our mission is to develop leaders, strengthen civic organisations and make change. Citizens...
United Reformed Church
The URC (United Reformed Church) are a family of Christians, worshipping in the name of Jesus in about 1500 local churches from Orkney to Cornwall. We do not fear change, and we try to run our...
YMCA
YMCA is the largest and the oldest charity working with young people in the world. We focus on young people and help them play an active and fulfilling role within their communities. We call this a...
Kettering Town Football Club Youth Academy
Kettering Town Football Club ‘Youth Academy' and ‘Poppies in the Community' provides football for all genres across the community. We are a chartered standard club. We provide coaching and...
Bishop Stephen Cottrell
Stephen Cottrell is the Bishop of Chelmsford, serving Essex and East London. He is a member of the Church of England's Committee for Minority Ethnic Concerns, Bishop Protector for the Society of...
Greenbelt Reading List 2019 . . . Part 3
By now you should have seen the first two parts of this years' pre-festival reading suggestions, courtesy of our friends at Church House Bookshop who run our festival bookstore, G-Books. If you...