services
Wedding Celebrant
Weddings start from £1100
Fees include:
all of our pre-meetings, planning meeting and questionnaires.
writing you a totally bespoke wedding script, as well as any redrafts.
vow suggestions or help with writing your own.
suggestions for readings.
of course, the ceremony itself. I will arrive early before your wedding ceremony to ensure everything is ready to go.
liaison with suppliers/planners on the day & point person for the ceremony itself.
I’ve done ceremonies right across the UK as well as abroad in all sorts of venues. From fields, castles, barns, hotels, private gardens, festival spots, old chapels and gorgeous villas.
There are no restrictions as to where your ceremony can be held or what you can include. If you’re feeling stuck, I have lots of ideas to help create a fun, unique ceremony that truly reflects you and your story.
Visit my Humanist Weddings Page to find out how the process works, from our first meeting to creating your bespoke script.
When considering your options, it is worth noting the price of booking a registrar to come out to your venue for the ceremony. CLUE - the price is often not dissimilar to working with a celebrant (depending on your ceremony location).
Script Writing and Coaching
Script writing starts from £550, coaching from £110 per hour.
Although getting a non-professional to do your ceremony isn’t something I really recommend (for many reasons!) if your heart is set on it, I offer script writing and 1:1 coaching.
Script Writing:
We will uncover all the key information you want to share and weave it all together to create an entertaining, heartfelt and personal script. I understand exactly what makes a memorable script as well as what to include (and avoid, for that matter!)
Coaching:
If you have a friend who is also planning to write your ceremony as well as deliver it on the day, I can do coaching sessions to guide and offer them all of the right tools and share my approach, so that they can put together something fantastic for the day. I will share some supporting documents, couples questions and paperwork to help them gather all of the right information to make your script shine. As well as practical performance tips for on the day.
Or if you are performing a ceremony with a script I’ve written but are feeling a little nervous, my 1:1 coaching can help put you at ease. I provide lots of tips and tricks to prepare you to perform without the nerves and self-doubt. This service is beneficial to anyone performing a ceremony or to anyone performing a reading or speech.
Visit my Contact Page to get in touch and discuss further.
So how does it all actually work??
It might feel overwhelming and like there’s TOO many choices. But fear not! This is new information for most people. We will work together closely from start to end and I can fill in all the blanks.
At the start...
If you like the sound of me and how I work, get in touch for an initial exploratory call and we can have a chat and get to know each other a little. This is a great opportunity for you to tell me all about your vision for the day and for me to answer any questions you might have. This is normally over Zoom, but if you live locally this is ideal as we can meet IRL for a cuppa (or in the pub!) and discuss.
After that, if you decide you’d like to go ahead and book me for your wedding, I’ll take a deposit to hold your date.
Getting to know you…
Then around 5 months from the big day, I’ll send you some questions across to start to ponder (both together and by yourselves) which will allow me to really get to know you both as individuals as well as all of the key things that make your partnership special.
Then we will meet again and get into ALLLL the detail. This meeting is important, what we talk about and all of the stories and background you give me will form the backbone of your wedding script. I will listen to what you want and can make suggestions about things I know work really well, from rituals to readings and everything in between. The sky’s the limit!
I’ll use what I gather in this meeting to put together a totally bespoke draft wedding script for you. We can then pass this draft back and fourth a little and redraft as needed (...I’m not precious and openly welcome feedback and any changes you’d like to make!)
Throughout, I’ll be available as you need me. For some couples it takes several meetings to nail down all the important information. We will do as many as required. My job is to fly alongside you and get to know you as we co-create something that is totally original and fits you both perfectly.
Some couples choose to have a pre-wedding rehearsal - others don’t. I have my own thoughts on this that I can share with you, but we can decide nearer the time what works for you both best.
On the day….
I will be there nice and early to make sure everything is ship shape. I’ll liaise with whoever is doing music, gather anyone playing a key part in the ceremony and coordinate everything so that you don’t need to worry about a thing, bar getting down the aisle!