What does a Celebrant Do?

A celebrant is a non-religious person who works with you to create an event, a celebration, to mark a particularly significant moment or transition in your life - or the life of a loved one.

Historically or traditionally, this position/role would be filled by a vicar, a priest, a rabbi, an imam or some other religious figure. We live now in a much more secular society. Many people have no religious affiliation. Some have strong spiritual beliefs that do not fit into those traditional categories. We are much more personal, more individual these days.

We want to mark the significant things that happen in our lives in more individual and personal ways. We have come to expect to have choice and we like it.

Asking me to work closely with you as your celebrant to organise an event - like a baby-naming ceremony, a hand-fasting, a wedding, a funeral, even a decision move abroad or the successful conclusion to a divorce - means you can choose what and how you want the event to take shape.

You can influence what happens so that the event truly reflects you, the person or people at its heart.