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I've booked a call with a celebrant to discuss my wedding or vow renewal. Now what?
When you've booked a call you are under no obligation to engage my services me whatsoever. For any ceremony you first need to, at least, have heard my voice. We should have an approximate 20 minutes call either online or on the phone. Just so that you know what I sound like. We can chat about the sort of ceremony you are thinking about. I will tell you Following that call we can decide if we can work together. If we are going to work on your wedding or vow renewal I will send

Karen Thomas
Apr 71 min read
What makes a Good funeral?
What a strange question? How can a funeral be good? Well I don’t know about you, but I've been to some bad ones. I have thought long and hard about what I mean by bad. It was precisely these bad funerals that made me decide to become a celebrant. I sat in the crematorium and did not recognise the person being spoken about. I did not recognise the life being celebrated. That, to me, seemed sadder than the funeral itself. I came to the conclusion that either the families had

Karen Thomas
Mar 272 min read


Wedding Law Reform
I have just registered with the GCCM Give Couples Choice Movement. Independent Celebrants like myself are feeling hopeful that there have been recommendations for us to be able to legally marry couples. There will be a public consultation ‘early 2026’. Independent celebrants give their couples complete choice. Humanists are non-religious, as are registrars. Independent celebrants are delighted to conduct blended ceremonies. This can mean being able to honour a couple's diff

Karen Thomas
Feb 101 min read


What is an Independent Celebrant?
We are called ‘ independent ’, because we are not tied to a single faith or belief system . We can deliver ceremonies ( weddings,funerals, vow renewals, naming ceremonies etc) that combine elements from different faiths, beliefs and cultures or deliver completely religious-free ceremonies. A registrar can legally marry a couple. They cannot add any religious aspects. There can be no hymn, no prayer, nothing to tie the ceremony to a religion. Humanists do not put any belief

Karen Thomas
Feb 71 min read
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