Sharon Short. Humanist Celebrant, Humanist Association Scotland.

25/12/2022

Have a lovely day 🎄🥂

22/08/2022

A foray into the Highlands with Helen and Ryan, a lovely couple from Arizona.

04/04/2022

From Monday, Scots are no longer required to wear face coverings at nuptials north of the border.

01/04/2022

Well Gordon Cruickshank, it was an absolute pleasure to know you and a sad privilege today to help Bridget and all who loved you say au revoir as you face the final frontier. 🖖

"Someone once told me that time was a predator that stalked us all our lives. But I rather believe than time is a companion who goes with us on the journey, and reminds us to cherish every moment because they'll never come again".

Jean-Luc Picard
Captain
Star Ship Enterprise.

Loads more TV Themes at: http://teeveesgreatest.webs.com/Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows ...

20/03/2022

Looking especially in the Aberdeen and Edinburgh areas. 😃

14/03/2022

Fab photos by Logan of Ffion and Derek's wedding at Carnoustie Golf Club on Saturday 12th March. I loved my first visit to Carnoustie. Great venue and such a lovely couple. It was such fun to be part of their day 😃

13/03/2022

Thank you Paul Mavor for letting me see this fab video from Susan and Stewart's wedding at Palm Court Hotel. What a smashing couple they were! It was a lovely day 💝

14/02/2022

Thanx to my lovely husband Paul who knows knows the way to my heart is to forward the gift to refugees who need it. The perfect Valentine's present.💗....along with the sausage dog socks 😆

Supporting displaced people globally 💚

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29/12/2021

This year is almost over, not all our friends and family made it, but they live on in our hearts and in our memories, sending our thoughts to everyone who is grieving the loss of a loved one

22/12/2021

Have a healthy and happy Xmas and a fabulous 2022 xx

As we approach the end of the year, we would like to send out Christmas greetings to you all.
May your festive season be all you wish it to be, and 2022 be healthy and happy.

10/12/2021

This is one of the most special parts of being a Humanist Celebrant in HAS 💕

One of our greatest Xmas pleasures in HAS is that we get to give a little bit back to our local communities.
Sharon our Aberdeenshire celebrant says: "This lovely woman is Philippa who runs Daniel's Place, a local foodbank based in Banff. During the hard days of 2020, Daniel's Place was a fantastic resource not only for Banff but for many local small communities including Portsoy where I live. They helped a lot of people through those times and are still helping folk now. I was delighted to be able to give Philippa £100 with the love and gratitude of all the celebrants from HAS for all that Daniel's Place does."
Over the next few weeks HAS will also be making donations to Foodbanks in Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
We are able to do this and other charity donations thanx to all of the wonderful couples who booked their weddings with us.
We couldn't do this without you 💕

09/12/2021

Christmas without a loved one can be difficult, which is why we have created this guide to help you deal with grief over the Christmas period.

03/12/2021

We understand how difficult it can be to cope with a bereavement during the Festive Period and have placed a Festive Tree of Remembrance in our reception where you can hang a memorial tag. For anyone feeling they need additional support, we have a very useful guide on organisations who can offer specialised aftercare, available on our website under the advice tab
dignityfunerals.co.uk

01/12/2021

World AIDS Day has a special resonance with me as during those days before the amazing meds that now exist I was first an HIV/AIDS educator in SE London then a specialist social worker in Hackney. I honestly don't know how many people I cared for who died, I lost count. In amongst the fear and sadness though I remember courage and humour and even joy in the hardest of times. Here's to the people we lost back then and thanx to the meds now available, the people we have got to keep now!

Today is World AIDS Day.

On 1 December, we must give thanks to those who came before us. The progress we’ve made in the fight against HIV wouldn’t be possible without their contributions.

Today we’re working towards ending new cases of HIV within the decade – this would have been unthinkable 40 years ago. Donate today to fund our vital work. This once-in-a-generation opportunity won’t wait.

Here's our CEO Ian Green on remembering those we've lost and looking to the future 👇
www.tht.org.uk/news/world-aids-day-2021

27/11/2021

I have been asked to conduct unplugged weddings before, but this was the most unplugged of all. Congratulations to Aleshia and Jamie for keeping their enthusiasm and senses of humour through the power outage caused by Storm Arwin and carrying on with the wedding even when the rest of the big day was cancelled. 💕

25/11/2021

This is so cute. As my HAS pals say love is love ❤️🎅

The latest Christmas ad from Norway's postal service, Posten, has hit people right in the feels by portraying Santa in a gay relationship.

30/08/2021

Thanx to my wee Humanist Association for the lovely article ❤️

It’s been a fantastic weekend for our Celebrant, Sharon. Not only did she conduct her 100th wedding ceremony, a team she launched to help her community through COVID were awarded with a prestigious award.

Sharon explains a little more about the team and their work here….

“It was the weeks coming up to lockdown in March 2020. The supermarkets in the bigger towns were packed and for small communities like Portsoy, Sandend, Fordyce and Cornhill in Aberdeenshire, it was clear that the impending lockdown was going to be extremely difficult.

We launched Portsoy Area Action Team, one the first active Covid Support Groups in Scotland via Facebook and soon we were leafleting every house in the area with phone numbers so people knew where they could turn for help.

With the local ice cream shop turning itself into a general store the PAAT volunteers were soon doing twice a day deliveries of shopping as well as daily pharmacy deliveries. PAAT also supported local efforts to distribute masks and face shields as well as opening a local outdoor larder, library and toy swap where local people could get things they needed without having to ask for help. Over Xmas of 2020 volunteers also made up gift hampers for local people left isolated due to the second lockdown.”

The teams efforts have now been rewarded with a joint award with two other amazing Covid support groups from Aberdeenshire with an Inspiring Aberdeenshire Award presented by no less than Jason Leitch. All of the members of PAAT were delighted with this kind recognition of their work.

24/07/2021

Three weddings, one week!
Congratulations to Emma and Brian, Marika and Elliot and Megan and Shawn. It's been a great week conducting your wedding ceremonies. Plus the weather has been just perfect for outdoor weddings! ❤️😀 xx

11/07/2021

When Nigel Lawson said in 1992 that the National Health Service was the ‘closest thing the English have to a […]

01/07/2021

Good news for outdoor weddings

WEDDINGS IN SCOTLAND
UPDATE
Hi Everyone,
Some good news that is hot off the press:
It has been agreed that with the removal of physical distancing OUTDOORS, from the 19TH JULY 2021 (indicative) - dancing, mingling, standing drinks/canapés & receiving lines will be permitted OUTDOORS ONLY.
So OUTDOORS ONLY, from the 19TH JULY (indicative date).
The Government Guidance should be updated soon.
Emma & Roddy🤗
wedding

23/05/2021

First wedding of post lockdown 2021 started with soothing harp music from Mary.
Proper photos to come later, but congratulations to Rachel and Tommy. It was lovely to see those smiley faces of yours ###

21/05/2021

These hand ties are beautifuly made xx

⭐️⭐️WEDDING HAND TIES ⭐️⭐️

With restrictions easing, lots of weddings are now going ahead, hand ties can be made in any format you require, just a sample of some available.

These range from one single strip of tartan, 2 pieces of each family tartan sewn back to back or end to end, or lined to match the wedding dress/wedding party.

Prices vary depending on size required and tartan supplier, please message for a price, quoting size & style required

👰‍♂️🤵

28/04/2021

Best of luck to my friend and fellow Humanist Celebrant Ashton Easter on his bid to climb the height of Everest by going up and down the north face of Ben Nevis this weekend xx

A mountaineering challenge to raise money for Parkinson’s UK. A big thank you to everyone who so kindly donated and got us over £1500!

26/04/2021

With thanx again to My Scotland Wedding for the helpful update xx

24/04/2021

Made by Katie right here in Portsoy xx

22/04/2021

FIRST DANCE
Good Morning everyone!
We hope you are all well today!
We’ve had some good news this morning!
First dances are now to be permitted from the 26th April 2021! 🎉
We will post the full guidance on this once it’s been updated but wanted to let you all know!

14/04/2021

Thanx to My Scotland Wedding for this useful breakdown of the the Levels and what they mean for weddings.

22/03/2021

What a lovely idea this is.

Vanilla Ink The Smiddy: Centre of Excellence for Silversmithing & Jewellery is now open in Banff, Aberdeenshire. All welcome!

23/02/2021

Helpful information from My Wedding Scotland. I know it's such hard times ❤. Xx

COVID Update
Weddings in Scotland - 23rd February 2021
Good Evening Everyone,
As you know - we don’t like to post anything based on speculation because we want you to have confidence in what’s posted here.
Today, to summarise - in SCOTLAND, it was announced that all going well, we would move back to a level system from the last week of April, with the hope that all regions currently in Level 4 will move straight into Tier 3.
The FM was asked later on about weddings & said she “hopes weddings will be able to take place with more people attending from the end of April”.
In mid-March, we will see updated tables with what will be permitted numbers wise in each level & only then, will we know where things actually stand. So unfortunately there is no further info to share beyond that for now.
We don’t like to compare Scotlands rules with England’s & our posts are not intended to be political in any way so for comparison purposes only; Yesterday Boris Johnson announced the plans for England, which unless we’re mistaken are:
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 In ENGLAND, from March 8th, Weddings up to 6 able to proceed but no longer just for exceptional circumstances. (We already have this, but for 5 people).
From NO EARLIER THAN 12th April & subject to assessment - 15 guests & reception in a permitted venue.
From 17th May - 30 guests
From no earlier than 21st June & at least 5 weeks after Step 3, & following a further review of data against the 4 tests - no legal limit on weddings, (so this date is a target, not a guarantee - as we understand it) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
So what was said today isn’t necessarily far off what England are doing but we won’t really know if that’s the case until the information in Mid-March is known.
We hope with all the discussions we’ve had with the Scottish Government, all the discussions the SWIA have had on wedding business requirements, as well as any other stakeholder meetings - that we’ll see an optimistic set of tables when it comes to updated wedding numbers in the various levels TBA in Mid-March. If it’s the same as before we’ll be massively disappointed but don’t want to be overly concerned until we find out in Mid-March.