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Working as a celebrant is a privilege, to be able to create individual and cherished moments, making sure that they reflect our identities and our personalities. My ceremonies are not a one size fits all, each one is different just like the people I work with. I spend time with families where I listen and understand each individual story to then create a beautiful, heartfelt and fitting script delivered with an uplifting, friendly and relaxed style.

I have been trained, accredited and am now a member of the United Kingdom Society of Celebrants. I have a diploma in Celebrancy and have been delivering ceremonies for the last 7 years, and I am fully insured.   I have also trained as a Celebrant Plus with the Coffin Club gaining a much deeper understanding of the many diverse and inclusive ways of holding funeral ceremonies. I work regularly with progressive and traditional Funeral Directors in the Birmingham, Sandwell and Worcestershire area but can also be booked independently by families to deliver services anywhere in the Midlands.

I have always been passionate about equality and supporting others to have wonderful lives, having worked for many years in the world of safeguarding and wellbeing as a trainer and a practitioner. Alongside my celebrant role I also work with groups of women from disadvantaged backgrounds facilitating song writing and music workshops. 

My work is not just confined to delivering ceremonies,  as someone who is concerned about climate change  I don't just promote an environmental friendly way to live but also an environmental friendly way to die too! I organise workshops focused on funeral planning that encourage people to consider eco-friendly alternative ways to say goodbye. See my Blog post for further information.

I also facilitate Death Cafes where I host conversations about death over a cup of tea and cake and I like to get involved in the activities of BrumYodo -  https://brumyodo.org.uk.

I am a mum of three grown up daughters and have five grandchildren. I love cooking, in particular vegan meals, I am passionate about the environment, and am an advocate for social change in all spheres of life. I enjoy spending time with my friends and family, my philosophy of life is to fill it up with things you love.

I have become a celebrant to make sure people have the best ceremonies possible, ceremonies that reflect lives, loves and dreams.

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I wanted to thank you for the amazing ceremony on Friday❤️ You were absolutely amazing you were actually famous at the wake 😂 you were spoken about all day. People thought that you knew my mother because of the way you told her life story and the end line was fantastically said you sounded just like her 😂😂😂 moms service was the best and I have no doubt in thinking that you were a massive part of that♥️ you really did make an unbearable moment more bearable.... I wouldn't change a thing🥰 we will all be forever grateful to you♥️ I realise now that angels don't always have wings and fly, they (you) walk amongst us ♥️

I just wanted to personally thank you for the wonderful celebration you provided of dads life. You absolutely captured the essence of dad and that was so important to us . Your service was just so respectful and professional and we appreciated how kind you were , thank you . 
For me , being in Australia i found it very hard not being there ... however me being able to record our childhood memories and speak on the day really made me feel part of the ceremony and watching it all on the link with my family helped ease the stress of us being so far . We have so appreciation for your service . 

On behalf of the family, thank you for listening to us, and your kindness and consideration when planning mum's funeral. The day went perfectly to plan with your lovely presentation. We know mum would have loved the whole service.

Thank you for the presentation copy of the service, something to keep.

How can we thank you enough, you were kind, considerate and compassionate when talking to us. You helped us navigate a really difficult time and made my dad's celebration of life just fabulous.

I just wanted to thank you so much on behalf of all of us for the lovely service for our mum. We're so pleased to have chosen you and your care showed through and helped us through the final tribute to our mum, many friends said how much they enjoyed being part of it and found it uplifting.

We want to thank you for the help you gave us in preparing for ....'s service. You did an amazing job reading out our memories and everyone said it was a really special funerals, one of which they had never been to before.

Thank you so much

We couldn't let it pass without writing to you to thank you for delivering ....'s Celebration of Life Service in such a beautiful, warm and understanding way, it was as if you knew her personally....... We also thank you for the beautiful way you put together the presentation copy into. binder book detailing the whole service, it will be treasured by the family.

Thank you so much for a beautiful service for mum. your warmness shone through and you made us feel so comfortable at a difficult time. Thank you!