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12/10/2024

12/10/2024

How to do an elopement in style🧡

09/10/2024

To mark Baby Loss Awareness Week 2024.

Written by English poet, essayist, and playwright Ben Jonson, whose own daughter died when she was six months old.

29/09/2024

As a funeral celebrant, I meet many people who are facing loss and in the midst of grief. Acknowledging their pain and allowing them to feel it is so important.

The viral video on how to help a grieving friend: one complex topic explained in under four adorable minutes. How do you help a grieving friend? It's hard to...

22/08/2024

Interesting article in The Guardian today (https://tinyurl.com/celebrantledfunerals).

The beauty of a celebrant-led service is that it can be exactly what you want it to be and letting your loved ones know your wishes ahead of time is a great idea.

(If you don't want geraniums, you can specify 'no geraniums'! Your ceremony needn't be fully secular either).

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20/03/2024

Surrounded by history and stunning architecture, The Elvetham Hotel is perfect for a wedding or a wedding vow renewal. This luxury hotel set in the Hampshire countryside offers an historic setting for an elegant country house wedding. With striking architecture and heritage, The Elvetham has 35 acre

08/03/2024

“The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up. Make sure you’re very courageous: be strong, be extremely kind, and above all be humble.” Serena Williams

26/02/2024

I love this.

(Yes, I know that this isn't the original song - I had to get creative 😂)

03/01/2024

Set in the heart of rural Hampshire, Basing House is a stunning location and the perfect place for a rustic and romantic barn wedding. You can also choose to mark other significant milestones here; the Great Barn or Knot Garden would also be perfect for an intimate renewal of wedding vows or a baby-

02/01/2024

Celebrant-led weddings and commitment ceremonies are wonderful celebratory occasions, made completely bespoke to each couple.

18/12/2023

An amazing styled shoot at featuring our wild flower invite and on the day stationery!
This style worked so well in the beautiful barn and the colours of the flowers, barn and decor blend so well.
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05/12/2023

It's 2023 💙 A time to raise awareness of the impact of grief and loss on a national platform. A time for us to come together as a nation to support those grieving.

As we head towards Christmas, we know it can be one of the most difficult times of the year for those who are missing someone they love. So this year the team at The Good Grief Trust is running an excellent initiative called ☕ to encourage connections across communities and help those who are bereaved to know where to turn for help when they need it most.

Use this link to find an event near you: https://www.thegoodgrieftrust.org/ngaw/events/

When it comes to grief, we all react differently, but we are so much

For support with grief we highly recommend GriefChat which is available to all. And for our members, remember that AOICsupport from Professional Help is there for you free of charge whenever you need to talk about anything 🤲

23/11/2023

Throwback to a gorgeous wedding photoshoot at the wonderful Great Barn and Knot Garden, Basing House

I've also written a blog about it! Read it here: https://www.vitaceremonies.com/vitaceremoniesblog/venue-spotlight-basing-house

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21/11/2023

19/11/2023

🌎 WORLD CELEBRANTS WEEK - what a brilliant week we've had celebrating celebrants! Thank you to all who participated around the world... and a big thank you to Celebrants Collective for organising it all 💜

To round off the week, here's our two pennies worth on why you should consider a celebrant for your ceremony...

✨️The celebrant profession has grown at a staggering rate in recent years... and there's a reason! It is not a passing trend, but a response to an increasing demand for our major life milestones to be marked with meaning.

✨️Celebrants create and conduct a wide range of ceremonies, working with couples and families to plan beautiful ceremonial occasions whatever life event is being marked.

✨️It is the celebrant’s job to create a heartfelt and personalised ceremony, meeting with you beforehand to get to know you and listen to your wishes and requirements, then crafting a bespoke ceremony script.

✨️A good celebrant will listen to what you want, provide plenty of ideas, write a ceremony that honours your wishes, and work with you until it is perfect. And finally, they will conduct your ceremony with respect, professionalism and warmth.

✨️Finding the right celebrant is important, so ask some questions and go with your instinct when it says: ‘this is the celebrant for us’.

✨️At the AOIC, our code of practice means we're home to some of the most competent and highly skilled celebrants in the business. Members can be sure of as much support and guidance as they need throughout their career. While couples and families can be assured of a truly beautiful ceremony delivered with professional service.

✨️So here's to all you fabulous celebrants around the world doing such a wonderful job for the people you serve 💜

15/11/2023

10/10/2023

https://babyloss-awareness.org/

15/08/2023

I love this shot! It was taken earlier this month at the fabulous . Loads of amazing photo opportunities here, and it is perfect as a wedding venue. It was great to work with these fabulous suppliers:

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12/08/2023

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17/06/2023

How can dads play a more active role in baby and child naming ceremonies? In a guest blog, Daddilife CEO and Founder Han-Son Lee looks at how and why dads could take on a more active role in naming ceremonies; the benefits for the relationships between dads and their children and for families and society as a whole.
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This blog explores the significance of dads’ increased involvement in all aspects of parenting, and the benefits to both the child and the entire family of dads playing a more active role in naming ceremonies. These include strengthening the father-child bond, embracing equality and shared respons...

25/05/2023

https://www.vitaceremonies.com/vitaceremoniesblog/wedding-law-reform-what-are-the-changes-proposed

If these changes are implemented, the rules around weddings will become less restrictive and you will be able to have a wedding ceremony that better reflects your wishes and beliefs. Regulation around weddings would be based on licencing the officiant rather the building in which the wedding takes p

09/05/2023

Megan Manson of the National Secular Society explains why independent celebrants are necessary for freedom of religion and belief.

11/03/2023

In this blog, celebrant Anne O'Brien gives 8 great reasons to choose a wedding celebrant and how they differ to registrars.