11th February 2023
Late last year I conducted a memorial ceremony for Andy in a community centre in Sittingbourne, Kent. There were so many things to celebrate about Andrew’s life. In the 80’s, when you didn’t just buy a computer and plug it in, but needed someone to set it up for you, Andy travelled around doing this for […]
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This time last year I did a naming ceremony for twins Hazel and Emberly. It was a fun day, with a lovely family, and you can now read about it on the Humanists UK website here.
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We’ve created an exciting new partnership between Humanist Ceremonies and Holly Barrow at the Lost Village of Dode, in north Kent. Holly Barrow is a columbarium, a place where ashes can be stored in perpetuity. And Humanist Ceremonies celebrants are delighted to be recommended to conduct a ceremony, if you wish to have one, when […]
READ MORE20th July 2020
This is Melissa, Maya and Kwesi on the day of Maya’s naming in January 2020. She was named after Maya Angelou, and this great poem by her namesake was read at her naming. I’m sure she’s live up to the sentiment! Life doesn’t frighten me Shadows on the wall Noises down the hall Life […]
READ MORE7th July 2020
SHOWERS ARE FORECAST Couples worry about rain. And I reassure them that in 9 years of doing outdoor weddings, I’ve only had a couple rained inside. But Tom and Ginny’s was one of them. It was a day of heavy showers – very heavy! We ummed and arhhed for ages about that we should […]
READ MORE29th June 2020
This lovely image reminds me of the day I married Nicola and Richard on her premises at Swallow Oast. She was a dressage rider. He said that before he’d met her he’d never been nearer to horses than putting a few quid on at Sandown Park. And they wanted to get married at her […]
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An analysis of newly released official statistics reveals that there were more humanist marriages in Scotland last year than there were Christian marriages. Humanist marriages made up 23% of all marriages. Christian marriages made up 22%. Therefore Humanists UK has called on the UK Government to urgently recognise the need to bring about […]
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According to Hitched https://www.hitched.co.uk/wedding-planning/organising-and-planning/the-average-wedding-cost-in-the-uk-revealed/ , the average wedding in this county last year was a staggering £31,974. A big chunk of this can be for hiring the wedding venue. So here are a few examples of how you can reduce that element of the cost by having a Humanist wedding. Humanist celebrants like me […]
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Back in 2014, Katie and Hiraen, who lived in Dubai, contacted me. They had booked the wonderful Buxted Park Hotel for their wedding, registrar and all. But then they decided, for practical reasons to do their legal ceremony in Dubai. Shock horror! The registrar would no longer marry them as they were already legally married. […]
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Humanists UK has broadcast a national memorial ceremony. This marks three months since the start of the UK lockdown. It offers an opportunity to reflect on what we have been and are still going through, and to pay tribute to those we have lost. It offers hope, and looks at the grief, mourning, and anxiety […]
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