Joanna Civil Celebrant

06/02/2025

An absolute honour to deliver ceremonies here. Such a friendly team 🙂

30/01/2025

A privilege to work with the Bristol Army Cadets.
To hold a Ceremony for an incredible young man 🥇

01/01/2025

I’ve been working over the Christmas and New Year period, meeting with some absolutely lovely families.
When I’m wishing you all happy new year, I’m really wishing you more happy days than sad days. Thankyou to all the families that i have worked with , to create some beautiful cermeonies. ✍️ 🌅🙏 I wish you peace, and comfort, and Thankyou for being incredibly brave and vulnerable at really difficult times. You are all so inspiring 🌙

Time to share this lovely poem, written by a fellow celebrant. ☀️

What Is A Celebrant? - Written By Gwyn Davies

Celebrant, Celebrant, what is it you do?
I’m a little old fashioned and haven’t a clue.
Celebrant, Celebrant, what is it you do?
Are you religious, or is that taboo?
Who is your target, where is your goal?
I’m a little confused, as to what is your role.
Are you religious, or the atheist sort,
I’m a bit in the dark and need to be taught.

Well let me enlighten, I’ll try and explain,
I’m there as a person to try ease the pain.
It isn’t about me or any belief,
I try help the loved ones to help with their grief.
There’s more than two options, to help people through,
So I’ll try and explain, what us Celebrants do.

We take an approach, with a personal touch,
For loved ones in need of the help for a crutch.
Some aren’t religious, but still want a prayer,
Or even a hymn, and we’re happy to share.
It just doesn’t matter what our belief,
We’ll use an approach, that helps bring relief.

So as you can see, it’s not black or white,
We offer a service that we just try make right.
Right for the person, whose life has passed on,
And try help those hurting, as their loved one has gone.
We tick all the boxes, some people say,
We try make it special, in our own unique way.

Times are a changing, changing so fast,
We must try move forward, not stuck in the past.
To help and bring comfort, is our real aim,
Each service is special, no two the same
Happy to meet to discuss what we do
At a time or a place chosen by you.

Happy new year to all of you x

19/12/2024

….Can I do this Ceremony again please 🙏 ☺️🖤

05/12/2024

…Sharing is caring ?? 🤣 I don’t think so? 🥰
Thankyou so much for my fabulous chocolates 👌 always a pleasure to work with you x🌳

28/11/2024

Brrrr a beautiful chilly ⛄️ 🌞 but wonderful service for a fabulous lady today.
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23/11/2024

“𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙩 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙜-𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤𝙤, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙮, 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙣 ,𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙜𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚.”

22/11/2024

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26/10/2024

✨A beautiful part of the ceremony✨
All the children, Laid flowers and wrote special messages for their uncle. 🙏☺️🩷🌺🌸🌹🪻🌻🌼🌸

24/10/2024

Here I am! 🙂
At memeorial woodlands in the quiet room ☺️receiving a lovely message , from a client after a ceremony.
As mentioned, I can meet you, your family and friends, anywhere to talk about the celebration of life, you would like for your loved one. 🙏

“Joanna,
I am sorry that I failed to say thank you , after the service. We feel like it went well and that it was a fitting send off.
You went the extra mile (literally) in coming over to see us and investing time in finding out about my dad; nicely done…. thank you! “

05/10/2024

I’m happy to meet you in your own home, or where you feel comfortable to discuss your loved one’s celebration of life. 🙏
…This particular family was happy to meet me at Memorial Woodlands in this beautiful room, with a very relaxed view ✨🩵🤎🤍✨

15/09/2024

……Just another day in the office yesterday 🫶🏻

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07/09/2024

04/09/2024

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