Debbie Martin - Humanist Funerals & Weddings

02/10/2025

This is great news for those wanting a Humanist wedding. Legal recognition is coming soon 🎉🧡💚😍🥰

After more than a decade of campaigning, the UK Government has finally publicly committed to the legal recognition of humanist marriages in England and Wales.

This is a monumental breakthrough, a victory we have been working towards for many decades, and it represents a fundamental acceptance of what we all know to be true: that humanist marriages are as valid, as meaningful, and as deserving of recognition as any other. This moment belongs to every one of us, and most importantly, to the thousands of couples whose ceremonies have so powerfully made the case for us. Thank you for that!

Although this is a huge step forward, we are not quite over the finish line. The Government has indicated that legal recognition will come as part of a wider package of marriage reform, which will involve a further consultation to launch in the new year.

We are calling on the Government to do what is simple, fair, and right: to use its existing powers to grant interim legal recognition immediately, just as it has done for other forms of marriage in the past. If, as we fear, this does not occur, then we will continue to engage.

For today, however, let’s celebrate this landmark achievement! It is a testament to our shared values and our collective perseverance and the day when couples can have a humanist wedding that is legally recognised in its own right is no longer a distant dream, but firmly on the horizon.

19/09/2025

Just a few days until our Open Day at Dandelion Farewells ~ an opportunity for you to see the newly refurbished buildings and the spaces we have created to fulfil our support for funeral care. Meet the team, ask any questions, enjoy tea/coffee & cake ~ we look forward to seeing you. Please share the poster below with friends & networks ~ all welcome.
*Tuesday 23rd September, 10am-3pm*

25/08/2025

A humanist wedding is your day your way 💜💖

Don’t you love when a wedding showcases the couple’s daily life? Below,…

06/08/2025

More lovely words from Donna Ashworth 💜

I can’t stop the grief poetry flowing, it helps… this is a small excerpt from a new poem ‘keep me’

Feel free to use it if it resonates.

For Jan and her beautiful family x

Donna ❤️

My next book is ‘Joy chose you’ ###

06/08/2025

An office day for me, ceremonies to write and a family to talk to. Coffee and pastries for company 🥰🤩



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02/08/2025

Last preparations for a Naming Ceremony for tomorrow ❤️ I’ve printed a presentation copy of the ceremony and placed in folder for family to keep. Also printed certificates 💜 So there is a Naming Certificate, godparent certificates ( these parents have chosen to go with this rather than guideparents as more familiar to their family) and also a brother certificate 💚 💙

I’m delighted to have been invited back by this lovely family for a naming for their 2nd child after leading the ceremony for their first child in 2023 ❤️💚.

Gosh, I love this work 💖💖💖

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01/08/2025

So grateful to receive such lovely feedback after a funeral / celebration of life ceremony.

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23/07/2025

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13/07/2025

What do I do when I’m not celebranting? Well one of the things I do is sing in a local community choir ❤️💖

We had our end of term performance yesterday. 💜

For the first time I sang with a small ensemble as well as with the main choir. We called ourselves 9 Lives and sang a Joni Mitchell song ‘Both Sides Now’. Such a joy to sing with these lovely people and to get to know them all better. 🥰

Thanks everyone, we did ourselves proud. Here’s to friendship, fun and next term 🤩

08/07/2025

Open Day with my lovely humanist celebrant colleague .jackson22 💜💖.

Fab singing from ❤️ nice to see and .sarson_funeral_director, all the Downs lovely people and of course Daisy 🌼 🌸

Great to chat to visitors about humanist ceremonies, join the behind the scenes tours and meet up with others in this amazing profession. 💚

Thanks for inviting us 💖💜

02/07/2025

My new trainers just arrived 🤩💜

I said to my husband oh I don’t think my new trainers are very me, they might have to go back 😢.

Then I showed him these beauties 🥳🤩💖💜😆

I might just wear them always. 🥰

I might write my name on them too …. 😆🤣

We are all the same, we are all different and unique. These trainers won’t be everyone’s cup of tea and nor will I and that’s ok.

If you think I might be a good fit for you and you want to plan a fab and unique wedding or any type of ceremony, do get in touch. 💖🌟

21/06/2025

Happy World Humanist Day you lovely humans 🧡❤️💜💖🥰

I didn’t know what a humanist was until a few ( maybe 10?) years ago when I saw a Facebook post saying ‘how humanist are you?’ I took the quiz and came out 💯 humanist. I had never felt the presence of a god or gods but always believed in kindness and compassion. It was great to have a word for what I believe and to find there’s many many more like me 🥰 ( well maybe not quite like me 🤣).

Since starting my training with Humanists UK back in 2017, I’ve met so many fabulous humanists, people who believe in trying to lead a good life in the here and now, with respect for others and the world around us.

I’m proud to be a humanist and part of a great organisation Humanists UK. 💖🥰💜🧡❤️



As a humanist, I’m not anti-religious and I want everyone at a ceremony that I take to feel welcome and included. I’ve had lovely feedback from people with a range of beliefs, saying how personal the ceremony was and how included they felt.



Do you believe we have 1 life?
Do you believe in equality and respect for others?
Do you look to science and nature to explain the world ?

Maybe you’re a humanist too. ❤️💚💜