Hi, I'm Pat
Hello. Thank you for taking a look here.
I've been doing funerals since 2012. This might sound odd, but it can often feel like one of the most nourishing aspects of my working life. Where else would you get to hear about so many interesting lives?
Funerals can be tremendously sad occasions, too. Young deaths and unexpected deaths are particularly hard. Whatever the circumstances, our common humanity is the thing that binds us together – and yes, that’s nourishing too.
Do have a look at my YouTube channel to find out more about the different kinds of funerals I do and see if that’s a good fit.
If you just want to get in touch and ask questions, that’s fine.
And here’s wee bit more background for you:
I’ve been training indirectly for celebrancy since I was in my twenties. I was an actor for twelve years. I left the theatre in 1987 to make space for my writing. Since then, I’ve had seven poetry collections published. My fiction also appears in a number of anthologies and fiction magazines. I’ve worked as a writer in residence in a prison and large city hospitals and I run poetry and storytelling workshops in care homes, schools and community hospitals. I also enjoy working with other artists and across different cultures.
You can see some of the work I do if you click on my blog and my other website.
If you want to know more, here’s my podcast interview with Simon Smith, who is also a Humanists UK celebrant.
Pat Winslow
Where I work
I work mainly in Oxfordshire and surrounding counties, but have also been happy to work much further afield when requested.
Fees from...
£290
How to contact me
Phone
Website
HUMANIST CEREMONIES™ is the network of more than 550 celebrants, trained by national charity Humanists UK to a gold standard to provide memorable and meaningful humanist ceremonies to non-religious people. Operating throughout England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands, we deliver authentic, tailor-made and heartfelt ceremonies for life’s key moments. They are always inclusive and welcoming, regardless of the beliefs of those attending.
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Humanist funerals
Humanist funerals, memorials and ash ceremonies are a fitting way to honour a unique life with warmth, sensitivity and meaning, but without reference to religion or an afterlife. They put the story of the person who has died at the heart of the ceremony, paying tribute to them and the legacy they leave, and provide an opportunity to bring people together, not just to share sadness but to celebrate a life lived.
