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 overseee the youth programme and provision for Greenbelt.
Greenbelt 2025
Thu 21 – Sun 24 August 2025 Boughton House, near Kettering.
Planning has already started for the URC’s presence at Greenbelt 2025 and we are working behind the scenes developing themes and volunteering opportunities. Look out for future updates!
If you would like to know more about volunteering with the URC at Greenbelt festival as a ‘festival friend’ in the yoURCafé venue, please contact Samara for more information or to register your interest.
A thank you to our URC festival friends
As a URC festival friend, you will receive free weekend entry to the festival, a parking and caravan pass (if required), food vouchers, discounted shower passes and a complimentary t-shirt. We will also offer a supportive and fun team environment!
If you are interested in volunteering with the Greenbelt youth venue team or would like more information, please email [email protected].
As a member of the youth venue team, you would also be eligible for many similar benefits as a Greenbelt volunteer. Head over to the Greenbelt volunteering webpage to find out more.
Send us your craft – coming soon!
Yes, it’s back:
the URC team’s call for craft, where we get to decorate our festival tent with all the wonderful crafts you send us before the festival. Our theme and craft guidelines are just being finalised, so watch this space for further details then it’s up to you to get creative.
Your whole congregation or a church group can take part. At the end of the weekend, we will give them all away to appreciative festivalgoers.
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.
Volunteer with the URC at Greenbelt
Volunteer with the URC at Greenebelt
Sign up to be a Festival Friend (volunteer) with the URC at Greenbelt festival 2025. Our volunteer form is now open for applications to a part of our team at Greenbelt Festival 2025
Greenbelt Festival 2025 – URC Volunteer application form
Volunteer with Greenbelt
There may be opportunities to help at the Greenbelt fesitval. To find out more, please visit their site:
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…
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
Great craft activities for kids and a lovely friendly 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
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
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
Our fave snacking venu[e] which showed the way – just got to love non-conformists!
URC Café attendee
Lovely people, lovely food.
URC Café attendee
Super duper place, really well done to the team!
URC Café attendee
A fab venue, thank you URC ❤
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
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 the Revolting Christians theme: the posters were fabulous and brought about conversations.
URC Café attendee
…and pictures
