You are probably looking at this page because someone you love has died - I empathise. And I hope I can help you with the planning and the delivery of the right funeral or memorial ceremony for your loved one.
I 'found' humanism when my father died in 1989 and have led humanist and non-religious funerals and memorials since 2001. Along the way I have trained and mentored many others as they became celebrants too.
Every single ceremony is as unique as the person whose life is being remembered; the ninety-eight-year-old grandparent, the stand-up comedian, the three-month-old baby.
I will work with you to write and then lead the funeral so that you can grieve in the way you need and want to. In a crematorium, in a burial ground, at a pub or a town hall.
If Led Zepplin is right, great. If Mozart is more appropriate, terrific. Taylor Swift...wonderful. Recordings of the shipping forecast, a favourite football moment, the person's own voice. We will make it work.
If you want poetry chosen and read, yes, of course. And if poetry wasn't the person's kind of thing, that's equally fine.
I don't include a sermon on humanism. Instead, I focus on the person’s life story, their experiences and their unique place in the world.
Those life stories can be warming and wonderful, but sometimes a story is heartbreaking. Whatever the story, I will write and deliver it with honesty and heartfelt authenticity.
And as for me, I am a London Scot who loves the natural world, the seaside and a good glass of red wine with family and friends. And I am currently back at university part-time, studing for a Masters in Creative Writing.
