The Retreat Association at Greenbelt

The annual Greenbelt Festival was originally set up in the 1970s by a group of non-conformists with a focus on the arts and rock music.

Greenbelt subsequently broadened its outlook to one of global justice — inviting speakers and performers from around the world to share in this vision.

The festival now attracts some 21,000 people each year, from all ages and backgrounds. They come to be challenged by a wide range of speakers, artists and organisations — all united in their Biblical vision of global justice.

It is also a great place for meeting old friends and new in the numerous coffee bars and green spaces on Cheltenham racecourse!

Greenbelt 2011

The Retreat Association held a stand in the G-source tent, alongside around 70 other organisations.

The response was really encouraging — a large number of conversations with people interested in what we do — from those thinking about going on retreat for the first time to those wishing to develop their spiritual life further.