Course fees and dates

Course fees and dates

To apply for any of our upcoming courses, please see the ‘How to apply’ section at the end of this page, located below the dates listings.


Wedding Ceremony courses & fees

2025

Wedding Ceremonies Spring A 2025

Residential stages will be held at the University of Warwick Conference Centre, Coventry

£2,225 (incl. VAT) for new applicants. If you are an existing Humanist Ceremonies celebrant, please see the Training & CPD page on the Celebrant Area.

StageDate
1. InductionFriday 10 January
Online
2. General SkillsSaturday 8 & Sunday 9 February
Residential
3. Technical SkillsSaturday 8 & Sunday 9 March
Residential
Wedding Ceremonies Summer A 2025

Residential stages will be held at the University of Warwick Conference Centre, Coventry

£2,225 (incl. VAT) for new applicants. If you are an existing Humanist Ceremonies celebrant, please see the Training & CPD page on the Celebrant Area.

StageDate
1. InductionFriday 6 June
Online
2. General SkillsSaturday 5 & Sunday 6 July
Residential
3. Technical SkillsSaturday 2 & Sunday 3 August
Residential
Wedding Ceremonies Winter (Northern Ireland) 2025

Residential stages will be held at venue TBC.

£2,225 (incl. VAT) for new applicants. If you are an existing Humanist Ceremonies celebrant, please see the Training & CPD page on the Celebrant Area.

StageDate
1. InductionFriday 3 October
Online
2. General SkillsSaturday 1 & Sunday 2 November
Residential
3. Technical SkillsSaturday 29 & Sunday 30 November
Residential
Wedding Ceremonies Spring B 2025

Residential stages will be held at the University of Warwick Conference Centre, Coventry

£2,225 (incl. VAT) for new applicants. If you are an existing Humanist Ceremonies celebrant, please see the Training & CPD page on the Celebrant Area.

StageDate
1. InductionFriday 28 March
Online
2. General SkillsSaturday 26 & Sunday 27 April
Residential
3. Technical SkillsSaturday 31 May & Sunday 1 June
Residential
Wedding Ceremonies Summer B 2025

Residential stages will be held at the University of Warwick Conference Centre, Coventry

£2,225 (incl. VAT) for new applicants. If you are an existing Humanist Ceremonies celebrant, please see the Training & CPD page on the Celebrant Area.

StageDate
1. InductionFriday 29 August
Online
2. General SkillsSaturday 27 & Sunday 28 September
Residential
3. Technical SkillsSaturday 25 & Sunday 26 October
Residential

Funeral Ceremony courses & fees

2025

Funeral Ceremonies Spring A 2025

Residential stages will be held at the University of Warwick Conference Centre, Coventry

£2,225 (incl. VAT) for new applicants. If you are an existing Humanist Ceremonies celebrant, please see the Training & CPD page on the Celebrant Area.

StageDate
1. InductionFriday 13 December (2024)
Online
2. General SkillsSaturday 25 & Sunday 26 January
Residential
3. Technical SkillsFriday 21 & Saturday 22 February
Residential
Funeral Ceremonies Spring B 2025

Residential stages will be held at the University of Warwick Conference Centre, Coventry

£2,225 (incl. VAT) for new applicants. If you are an existing Humanist Ceremonies celebrant, please see the Training & CPD page on the Celebrant Area.

StageDate
1. InductionFriday 11 April
Online
2. General SkillsSaturday 10 & Sunday 11 May
Residential
3. Technical SkillsFriday 6 & Saturday 7 June
Residential
Funeral Ceremonies Summer 2025

Residential stages will be held at the University of Warwick Conference Centre, Coventry

£2,225 (incl. VAT) for new applicants. If you are an existing Humanist Ceremonies celebrant, please see the Training & CPD page on the Celebrant Area.

StageDate
1. InductionFriday 27 June
Online
2. General SkillsSaturday 26 & Sunday 27 July
Residential
3. Technical SkillsFriday 5 & Saturday 6 September
Residential
Funeral Ceremonies Autumn 2025

Residential stages will be held at the University of Warwick Conference Centre, Coventry

£2,225 (incl. VAT) for new applicants. If you are an existing Humanist Ceremonies celebrant, please see the Training & CPD page on the Celebrant Area.

StageDate
1. InductionFriday 10 October
Online
2. General SkillsSaturday 8 & Sunday 9 November
Residential
3. Technical SkillsFriday 5 & Saturday 6 December
Residential

Naming Ceremony courses & fees

2024

Naming Ceremonies Winter 2024
Fully booked

Residential stages will be held at the University of Warwick Conference Centre, Coventry

£1,245 (incl. VAT) for new applicants. If you are an existing Humanist Ceremonies celebrant, please see the Training & CPD page on the Celebrant Area.

StageDate
1. InductionThu 24 Oct 2024
Online
2. General Skills & Technical SkillsSat 23 & Sun 24 Nov 2024
Residential

2025

Naming Ceremonies Winter 2025

Residential stages will be held at the University of Warwick Conference Centre, Coventry

£1,370 (incl. VAT) for new applicants. If you are an existing Humanist Ceremonies celebrant, please see the Training & CPD page on the Celebrant Area.

StageDate
1. InductionFriday 24 October
Online
2. General Skills & Technical SkillsSaturday 22 & Sunday 23 November
Residential

How to Apply

We welcome applications and have different forms depending on whether you are completely new to celebrant work (as are the majority of applicants who successfully train with us), are already a celebrant in our network, are a former registrar, or a celebrant who trained with another training provider. Please complete the application form that is relevant to you, listed on the ‘Become a humanist celebrant‘ page.

Please submit your application as far in advance as possible, as the application process is thorough and can take a number of months in some instances. We endeavour to allocate trainees to their first choice of course dates/location, but this cannot be guaranteed.

If suitable dates are not available to fit your schedule, we welcome applications with a view to being added to our course waiting list for when additional courses are added to the calendar.

Where venues have not been specified, they will be decided nearer the starting date.

For fees, please email ceremonies-recruitment@humanists.uk.

Quality Assurance

Humanist Ceremonies™ sets the highest standards for our accredited celebrants.

Deferrals & Withdrawals

Please ensure that you are available for all stages of the course you select. Once a ceremonies training course has started a trainee may ask for a deferral to a later course only in unforeseeable and exceptional circumstances.

Trainees have the right to withdraw from courses at any time. If they do withdraw but wish to continue the training at a later date, they will be expected to start at the beginning of the training and they will need to pay the full fee. The non-refundable deposit from the original training will be kept.