The Iona Community
The Iona Community is a dispersed Christian ecumenical community working for peace and social justice, rebuilding of community and the renewal of worship.
Nabeel Masih
Manchester-based university lecturer Nabeel Masih leads worship in many different languages, English, Urdu, Punjabi, and Hindi. Together with his global fusion band, which beautifully blends the...
L’Arche Community
In a world that values winning and coming first, L'Arche Communities are places where people can discover who they are, not just what they can do. L'Arche believes that people with learning...
Goth Eucharist
The Goth Eucharist has been part of the Greenbelt family for many years, celebrating communion at midnight on Saturday. The happy-in-black sheep of the Greenbelt family, we are a diverse group of...
Ruth Bennett
Ruth loves encouraging people to grow and develop, embracing their thoughts and feelings through art. Her abstract painting focuses on colour and emotion and she promotes the use of artwork in her...
Pip Herbert
Pip has no formal art/design training, but has learned 'on the job' over the last 50 years. Areas of work range from Stage and Set design for, Concerts/Presentation evenings/school plays,...
Meg Wroe
Song of the Trees by Meg Wroe Song of the Trees is a series of paintings on wooden panels. Images of trees are carved into plywood, giving texture as well as form. In her current work Meg is...
Teakster
Teakster is an award-winning artist, who artistic style is a fusion of Middle-Eastern artistic traditions and modern techniques inspired by his British upbringing. His work has been featured in...
Seeing is believing: visual arts at GB18
We're really excited about our visual arts programme for this summer at Greenbelt. Here's a quick summary of what's in store. Art and Installations Teenage Gazan painter Malak Mattar will be...
“Me? Racist? Not me!”
A blog from Greenbelt Creative Director Paul Northup on plans for programming focussed on and celebrating black identities and experience at this year's festival ... I was born and grew up in...
The Big Shift: huge impact
A guest blog from our partner Christian Aid Sometimes it's easy to fill in a petition, put your name on a postcard or hashtag away on social media and wonder if you're making any impact. Does...
More names for Greenbelt 2018
Here are just a few of the highlights that we're adding to the bill today, ahead of our Tier 2 ticket deadline on June 30th. For the comedy bill, see our dedicated blog here. (There's lots to look...
Comedy at Greenbelt 2018
Over the years at Greenbelt we've been fortunate to welcome some of the best comedians around to the festival. And this year will be no exception. Here's a whistle-stop guide to what's in store...
Salma Yaqoob
Salma Yaqoob is a community engagement manager at the Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust. She is a psychotherapist with a degree in Human and Applied Psychology and a postgraduate diploma...
Pray, and let God worry
A blog by Dan Morrell, Immediate-Past Moderator of our associate the URC's Youth Assembly At the back end of last year I went to Berlin for a solo holiday. It was mainly to make myself feel...