Hi, I'm Lisa

Lisa was amazing, so caring from the moment we met her at our home, she listened to what we said about our loved one with empathy and compassion and helped us choose appropriate words especially with a ‘blended’ family. The day of the funeral she sought me out prior to entering reassuring us that everything was ok. And one last welcomed hug at the end of the service.

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“Dear Lisa, Thank you on behalf of my family for the ceremony today. Everyone has commented on how lovely it was. It’s made such a difference to us all”.

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“Hi Lisa, I Just wanted to thank you for what you did today. I feel so lucky to have you conduct the tribute. It was very special. You have a very special gift”. 

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“Lisa – Thank you personally for my Mums funeral. Everyone commented on how lovely the service was and your empathy shone through. Thank you for making a difficult day a lovely one to be remembered”. 

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“I just wanted to say thank you for yesterday’s service.

It was a fitting celebration of her life. I have had so many people come up to me and comment on what a lovely service it was.

Heartfelt thanks from all of the family”.

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“Lisa, Thank you for your time and work that went into the service for our dad. It was delivered perfectly and is another memory we will cherish”.

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“Hi Lisa, I wanted to say thank you for your wonderful funeral service for Mom. Many of my cousins commented positively on the eulogy. To me, you sounded as if you knew my Mom. Thank you again”.

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“Lisa was amazing. She met at our house before to plan and on the day of the Funeral she spoke with eloquence and humour also, which worked well”.

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“Lisa’s compassion, guidance and support was amazing. She really listened to the family and perfectly encapsulated the essence of our dad. Everyone said it was as though she had known him for years. Such a fitting tribute to an incredible man. Thank you, Lisa, you made the darkest time of our lives a little brighter “✨️

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“We would like to thank you so much firstly for the wonderful service, your kind nature and the thoughtfulness that you put into it. Also, the effort you put into wearing pink. It was so lovely of you. You made a very sad time in our life as beautiful as our precious mom. It was perfect”.

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“Lisa did everything that was asked and expected. We have had only positive feedback from those that attended the cremation and Lisa’s input into the eulogy helped make the service very personal and a fitting tribute”.

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“Hi, Lisa. I just wanted to thank you for such a beautiful service today. Everyone was so impressed by how you captured the person they all knew in different ways from great-grandchildren to oldest friends, it was perfect.

The music you helped us choose also reflected her favourites. I was holding it together until The Rose came on…that did it for me…I think you chose that one!!

None of us will ever forget the service and how beautifully you carried out the tribute so thank you, you were so poised and composed yet full of emotion…I honestly don’t know how you do it.

Thanks again and best wishes”.

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“Dear Lisa,

I can’t thank you enough for such a wonderful service yesterday, everyone remarked how well you managed to depict her life and in such beautiful terms.

Thank you for sharing the presentation script with me. I will treasure it for always”.

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“Hi, Lisa, 

I wanted to send you a message to express our sincere gratitude for the wonderful service you delivered for Dad on Thursday.

From myself, Nan and the rest of the family – we are so grateful for everything you did for us at this terribly sad time.

From the very first meeting, the ongoing liaison, thoughtful check-ins throughout, and then of course the delivery on the day – you helped create a service for Dad that we could really be proud of and I have no doubt he’d of approved too!

Many of those who attended also commented on how well the service was delivered and how beautifully it captured the essence of Dad and his life, which was completely down to you. 

Being head-to-toe in his favourite colour blue was a wonderfully touching tribute too. 

I do believe in scenarios like this you meet the people you’re meant to meet to help you through, and you have certainly been that person for us, Thank you.

Thank you again for everything, your kindness and dedication to your role really shone through”. 

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“Lisa, We both wanted to say a massive thank you for everything you have done for us. Arranging a Celebration of Life Service for our son is the hardest thing we have ever had to do. You have walked us through it, step by step, helping us through the whole process. You spent the time to find out exactly what we wanted and to get to know us and more importantly our son. Nothing was too much for us to ask, even when you had to wait for tributes that arrived the day before. 

This meant that every part of the service was perfect for him and exactly what we wanted. Throughout the service, you took great care of us. From the hug when we arrived up to the hug when you left. You went above and beyond by wearing a Green Day T-shirt – that was just the perfect touch.

We can never thank you enough for giving him the send-off he deserved. Everyone has commented how perfect the service was for him and how lovely you were. 

Thank you for everything”.

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“From our very first meeting with Lisa, we knew she was the right person to deliver my husband’s tribute. She explained every detail to us so we fully understood the role she was going to undertake and in one word to describe her we can honestly say, she was ‘MAGNIFICENT‘ she is a credit to Humanists UK. I myself have given instructions for my funeral service to be a humanist one (let’s hope I have Lisa as my celebrant)”.

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“Lisa was very sensitive to our wishes and ensured we had the ceremony that we envisaged”.

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“Thank you so much for your ceremony on behalf of all the family. It was warm and beautiful. The day was very hard but we really appreciated your sensitivity and your support. Thank you again Lisa”.

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“Lisa encapsulated every aspect of my dad as a person, she emulated his personality, his loves, his way of life completely. Everyone that attended said what a beautiful service, very fitting to Dad and most of them expressed that’s the type of funeral they would like when their time comes”!

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“Thank you so much for your kindness and expertise at the funeral yesterday. You made a difficult day easier”.

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“We just wanted to say thank you for all the work you put into yesterday and how lovely your tribute was. You captured the essence of him and his relationship with ****** really well from a short talk with us, and it all went just as we’d hoped".

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“We’ve had emails from people thanking us and saying how much they enjoyed the day, which was unexpected given the circumstances, but kind of our intention in a way. We wanted it to be uplifting and with your help it really was”.

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“Thank you very much for conducting the funeral yesterday.

We were very pleased with it,

so were many others who commented what a lovely service it was.

Some said that it was the best funeral they had been to”.

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A big thank you to Lisa for the support and professionalism from start to finish. Having only spent an hour with Lisa talking about my mum and the questions she asked, she created an incredible story of mum's life. I’d highly recommend Lisa and the services a humanist ceremony provides.

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Good Afternoon, Lisa, Just a huge thank you for the ceremony that you did for my Grandad. It was so so beautiful and so very fitting. It really did him justice and my nan was thrilled with how it went. Between the service you did and the wake after (where the food was beautiful) she was so pleased "we did him right" The feedback we had off his family and friends was also amazing. Considering funerals are a sad time, numerous people spoke of how it was the "best service" they had been to and what an in depth and wonderful tribute to his life. One of grandad’s friends (you mentioned in your service, Tom who grandad taught all about cars) became a little overwhelmed saying it wasn't like a service and more like a friend that had known him all their life speaking about him. Someone else mentioned that with traditional religious services, the person passed can almost become an afterthought with faith taking centre stage and how it with this, it was so wonderful that his final tribute was completely about him and the wonderful life he had led. Another mentioned how welcome and comforting you made everyone feel and how you managed to bring humour into his tribute which was lovely as it was so in-keeping with his character. Simply put, I could talk forever, but I will not be able to express how grateful we all are for how wonderful you were in such a difficult time for our family and what a beautiful tribute you paid grandad. Would it be possible for you to email over a copy of the service you put together in its entirety? I would like to print a copy out and send with a order of service to a friend of grandads that was not able to make it. (I am also going to put a copy in a memory book) I have copied the Funeral Directors into this email as I hope they can use the above as most glowing reference for not only a wonderful job, but also the kindness you did for our family.

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I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for the beautiful service you delivered.

Many people who attended had never been to a humanist/ celebration funeral before and all commented on how lovely it was.

They loved the stories and all came out knowing Mom more.

Thank you again

It meant so much”.

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“Dear Lisa,

We only met briefly on Friday but we did want to say a personal ‘thank you’.

Your delivery and pace were exactly right and we could hear every word. So important when some elderlies are hard of hearing!

Wearing the ‘team colours’ was a lovely personal touch too. Thank you”.

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"An enormous thank you once again for the service. You were absolutely amazing and so kind and thoughtful throughout. I was just watching the webcast and was touched by how you sought out her brother for a hug, as well as how you kindly checked on all the speakers beforehand. Plus your orange jacket and matching nails - stunning and again so thoughtful. Especially putting the Notts County Logo on the front of your tribute printout. The whole service was amazing. You spoke so well and so clearly, with such beautifully timed emotion and humour. It couldn't have been a more perfect tribute and everyone I spoke to loved it, saying how impressed they were and how she would have been proud and happy that we shared the real essence of her. I had written my own speech to say afterwards but it was obvious after your service that there was nothing more that needed to be said. Thank you". 

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