The URC at Greenbelt
The United Reformed Church has had a presence at Greenbelt for several years. We run a popular café, offer crafts and other family activities, and have a full and engaging programme. We also oversee the youth programme and provision for Greenbelt.
Greenbelt 2025
Thursday 21 – Sunday 24 August 2025,
Boughton House, near Kettering
A wonderful team of over 80 URC volunteers is contributing to the brilliant experience of Greenbelt Festival.
Our youth team is stronger than ever and our new venue, The Table, shared with Trussell, promises to be a prime place for in depth conversation on a range of issues, including destigmatising poverty, better inclusion of people with disabilities, decolonising pilgrimage and how to sustain hope after the festival – a real concern for many when faced with marginalisation by wider society and often by churches too.
Worship with us!
Sunday worship at Greenbelt is really special. If you don’t have a weekend ticket, you can still join on site (local residents can attend the Greenbelt Sunday morning communion service for free) or join us online in association with yourchurch at our cafe-style service at 6:30pm.
For our evening service, you can design a banknote that you think Jesus might like, as we talk about money and empire!
Crafting a voice for justice
Thank you to the 200+ people who sent us in craft items to display in our venue during the festival. We’ll make sure they all go to good homes!
Partner organisation
We are excited to partner with anti-poverty charity Trussell to host The Table café at Greenbelt this year, helping us lean further into our theme of ‘Crafting a voice for justice’.
For more on Trussell’s work with churches for justice, visit trussell.org.uk
Some speech bubble inspiration
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.
More about Greenbelt
What’s it like?
Adrian Bulley, a recent volunteer, shares his recent experience and compares it with his first experience at Greenbelt Festival in 2008.
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.
Greenbelt 2024 Video
Philippa Osei guides us through 2024’s Greenbelt Festival with an invitation to those who may never have come.
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 2024
Greenbelt Festival, 2024, was again an amazing experience filled with fun, fellowship and food. Check out the photo gallery and re-live the event.
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.
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.
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
Super duper place, really well done to the team!
URC Café 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
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
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
I loved the Revolting Christians theme: the posters were fabulous and brought about conversations.
URC Café attendee
Great craft activities for kids and a lovely friendly team.
URC Café attendee
A fab venue, thank you URC ❤
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
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
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
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