Adele Chaplin - The Ipswich Celebrant

07/01/2025

Did you get engaged at the New Year? Are you looking for some wedding inspiration? Why not come along to the gorgeous Hedingham Castle on Sunday for my first wedding fair of 2025. Come along and say hello and lets chat about how a Humanist ceremony can make your wedding day perfect!

14/11/2024

Today I’m out at the lovely Oakfield Wood Green Burial ground. It’s a quiet peaceful place and at this time of the year, the colours are fabulous!

13/11/2024

Day (I’ve lost count) of ‘s challenge. Where do I work?

Well, I’m based in Ipswich, Suffolk, but I’m more than happy to travel. My standard fees include travel from Ipswich North as far as Kings Lynn, South as far as the M25 and West as far as Cambridge. I go as far East as Felixstowe, after that my feet get wet!

However, don’t let that put you off. I regularly take services and ceremonies further afield and my prices for doing so are very reasonable. I don’t charge any more than it costs me.

So if you think I might be the celebrant for you, give me a shout. I can quickly tell you how much I charge for travel, so don’t let it put you off!

06/11/2024

Day3 of challenge - What is your favourite part of the job?

That one’s easy. I love the variety. No 2 ceremonies are the same. Whether it’s the memories, the clothes I’m asked to wear, the venues or the people, I love how each ceremony is something completely different.

I love that people trust me to run with things sometimes, and that sometimes they’re brave enough to say yes. Me, as I’ve said already, I love to say yes, I’m game for (almost) anything so love it when we get to do something completely different.

02/11/2024

Sometimes, it’s just an oodie day (other hoodies are available)

Writing amazing scripts for amazing people today.

20/10/2024

Ooops!!!

05/10/2024

What a gorgeous day for a wedding, and boy what a venue. The fantastic Abbots Hall Barn Stowmarket for the wedding of the absolutely gorgeous Jess and Jack. They were keen for a ceremony to celebrate their love but not to overstimulate - I was happy to oblige!

And who says wedding flowers need to be fresh…

03/10/2024

This week has been a week of colour. First a request from a client of the always lovely East Coast Cremations who said they knew I could bring the colour - red suit ahoy. Today, celebrating P, a man who died doing what he loved, I was asked to wear “outrageous” trousers. Mission accomplished.

29/09/2024

Today I’m at Trinity Park Events for their amazing wedding fair. If you’re thinking of trying the knot, come down and say hello!

30/08/2024

I hope you've all had an amazing holiday break and are looking forward to the upcoming death cafes! We have our regular Ipswich and Felixstowe death cafes and will also be introducing our new Geek Retreat Ipswich cafe this month - come along and see what all the noise is about!

I've also managed to get my hands on a copy of "The Crossing" - an amazing resource pack to help with end of life and funeral planning. So come along and have a look! https://www.griefseries.co.uk/the-crossing

05/08/2024

My gorgeous couple from the weekend, congratualtions Charlie and Harriet, may your days be filled with excitement and wonder.

03/08/2024

What a gorgeous venue for a wedding - and the rain has stopped!

03/07/2024

A few weeks ago my amazing friend, Jed Phoenix of London put out a call for people to send over positive words that reflected them. They were then to be printed onto a shroud. Jed doesn’t (I don’t think) have any plans to use the shroud imminently, but it’s such an amazingly death positive piece of work, and I salute them for putting it together.

(my words, if you’re interested are in the middle of the left hand piece, about 1/3 of the way down!

17/05/2024

Great to meet up with at the contemporary rituals workshop at the University of Suffolk today.

04/04/2024

Disturbing news on the BBC today. It's important to remember that funeral directors, crematoriums and celebrants will never EVER ask for bank or credit card details via facebook for a livestream. Funeral Directors will no send you a friend request so you can watch a stream, the links will always be provided by the family.

Emma Johnstone says fraudsters attempted to steal money from mourners via a bogus live stream.

21/02/2024

It's a big day for our Faith to Faithless service!

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22/01/2024

Wedding Fair season is well and truly upon us, and I'm thrilled to have been asked to exhibit at the MJR Events Ufford Park Wedding Show this weekend. So if you've just said "Yes", come along and meet the amazing suppliers who will be exhibiting with me, and have a chat with me about how we can make your big day absolutely perfect!

14/01/2024

What an amazing day at the Beau's & Belle's Event Planners wedding fair at Copdock Hall barn - Wedding and Events Venue. It was lovely to meet so many excited new couples and talk about their plans. Remember and book me in for that bit of cake and a chat! I can’t wait to hear all your plans. Great as always to catch up with all the amazing suppliers it’s a privelage to work with!