The URC at Greenbelt 2024
The United Reformed Church has had a presence at Greenbelt for several years. In 2024, we want to build on our achievements from 2022 and 2023, where the URC ran a popular café, offered crafts and other family activities, held an engaging programme on the theme of ‘Revolting Christians’ and oversaw the youth programme and provision for Greenbelt.
What is Greenbelt?
Greenbelt Festival is a place where artistry, activism and belief come together; a place full of a variety of people, usually from a Christian background and some not.
Greenbelt festivalgoers are extremely activist, committed to change, getting involved in issues, and spending time getting to the heart of the matter. This year, the URC will be working with Greenbelt’s theme: DREAM ON:
‘Because, no matter how bad things seem right now (and they are bad, no question), change is still possible. And, more often than not, change is driven by the dreams that people hold onto – in the face of everything – of a better world. Dreams, that when acted on, make a real difference in the real world.’
To read more about this theme, read the Creative Director, Paul Northup’s blog post here: Greenbelt 2024 – Dream On – Greenbelt
Check out the flyer for URC’s 2023 programme, to get an idea of what to expect in 2024. Alternatively, keep up-to-date with the URC at Greenbelt below, or for information about ticket prices and this year’s lineup, visit the Greenbelt Festival website.
Get crafting to Dream On
What are your dreams for yourself, for the church and for the world?
Whatever your talent, we would like your help.
Be a part of the URC’s presence at this year’s Greenbelt festival, titled ‘Dream On’, even if you can’t be there in person.
Find out more at Get Crafting
Volunteer with the URC at Greenbelt
Thank You
Thank you to everyone who applied to be a volunteer with the URC at Greenbelt tent this year. We were blessed with many applications for the volunteer positions and the application window has now closed.
Be a Youth Volunteer?
Greenbelt’s popular youth venues are organised and supported by the URC. There is still time if you would like to apply to volunteer within Greenbelt’s youth venues.
Volunteer with Greenbelt
You can still help by supporting the Greenbelt fesitval. To find out more, please visit their site:
More about Greenbelt
Greenbelt 2023 Video
Greenbelt celebrated 50 years in 2023, and the URC was there. We took a brilliant team, offering a truly remarkable welcome, along with ‘rubbish’ food that was warm, nutritious, and very well priced.
Photos from Greenbelt 2023
Greenbelt Festival, 2023, celebrated its 50th anniversary. Once again, it was an amazing event and the URC was there joining in the celebrations, delivering delicious, and welcoming all.
Volunteer FAQs
If you’ve volunteered to be part of our team at Greenbelt 2024, you can read our most frequently asked questions about volunteering here and find out who to contact if you have other queries.
What’s it like?
Adrian Bulley, a volunteer at last year’s event, shares his recent experience and compares it with his first experience at Greenbelt Festival in 2008.
Photos from Greenbelt 2022
We had a wonderful time at Greenbelt Festival in 2022, celebrating the URC’s 50th anniversary. Check out some photos from the event.
You sent us your craft!
For Greenbelt 2023, we asked URC folk across the country to send in Kintsugi-inspired hearts to decorate the URC’s café tent. Find all the instructions here.
Greenbelt in words…
Probably the best thing I've done all this year. If not volunteering I'd gladly pay to return – but volunteering was rewarding in itself.
Volunteer
This is what the URC does so well: create safe space and sanctuary for vulnerable and marginalised communities. Stepping into the URC Café felt like a home coming.
URC Café attendee
I loved Greenbelt! I had the most incredible experience, both in terms of fun and spiritually. It was beautiful and I loved what we did with the waste food.
Volunteer
Our fave snacking venu[e] which showed the way – just got to love non-conformists!
URC Café attendee
The atmosphere was great. A delightful pleasure to be at Greenbelt. Both the people and the atmosphere get a 10/10. […] it was great to be part of an environmentally friendly festival, working to support the climate and minimise excess waste [that is] harmful to the environment. I am truly inspired!
Greenbelt attendee
Super duper place, really well done to the team!
URC Café attendee
The evening Taizé worship was a very calming way to connect with God. I have never experienced that style of worship before but enjoyed being outside in the dim light with a sea of people connected in worship.
Greenbelt attendee
It was great to see an explicit effort made to increase racial diversity by inviting a group of people from minority ethnic backgrounds to attend without the burdens of cost or camping. It was also good to see diversity in the Greenbelt programme and artistry side of things.
Volunteer
Lovely people, lovely food.
URC Café attendee
A fab venue, thank you URC ❤
URC Café attendee
Great craft activities for kids and a lovely friendly team.
URC Café attendee
I loved the Revolting Christians theme: the posters were fabulous and brought about conversations.
URC Café attendee
I felt really positive on the whole about my experience as a URC volunteer, but also enjoying the festival atmosphere and activities of Greenbelt. I appreciated the opportunity to both serve and welcome as well as be part of the festival in a more in-depth way.
Volunteer
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