Alex Collis Celebrant

23/01/2026

Couldn’t resist 💥

22/01/2026

So very true. A big part of this work is creating those safe spaces, and marking the end of journeys - and the start of new ones.

17/01/2026

Just a quick heads up that unfortunately I’ve had to cancel tomorrow’s Grief Walk. Do look out for February and March events, it would be great to have you there!

09/01/2026

Just the motivation I needed on a cold, wild stormy night… 🌧️ 🌧️ 🌧️

If you’re not sure how to begin putting together a celebration of your person’s life, I can talk you through what a funeral can be like 🧡🌈

09/01/2026

As an artist, she was fascinated by light. One of her favourite things to do was to walk or cycle over to at dawn to try and capture - with her camera - the changing light as it fell on the museum’s iconic stone columns.

So, to gather inspiration for writing her funeral service, that’s exactly what I did… went and watched the light and tried to see a place I’ve known since childhood through her eyes.

05/01/2026

⚡️FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ME ⚡️

A whopping great big hello to everyone who followed me in 2025 🙌🏼

However you found me, you’re very welcome here. If you’re interested in creative, colourful non-religious ceremonies, in life stories and love stories with a lil’ side order of community and social justice, then you’re definitely in the right place! 🌈🌻

So, here’s a few things you need to know about me…

⚡️ This is my seventh year as a celebrant (which feels very surreal, but very good). I’m trained to lead funerals, weddings and namings - the whole shebang, and I absolutely LOVE what I do.

⚡️I’ve celebrated lives that spanned over a hundred years or just a few days, renewed vows for couples that have been married for decades, and welcomed long-awaited children into their new families. It’s still completely wild to me that I get to do this every day and call it my job 💥

⚡️My background (I’ve had a few jobs!) is mainly in community development. I’ve done all sorts of jobs like managing a community centre, setting up and running food justice projects, running my own wedding catering business and making soup from wonky veg.

What you need to know is that I love food, I love people - and together they make magic! 🪄

⚡️My motto is live life in colour (one of my nicknames is Rainbow) 🌈

⚡️ I love spending time outdoors, either in my tiny balcony garden or walking through the Fen countryside. It’s how I rest and recharge my batteries 🌿

⚡️ I’m a grandma to Robyn and led her naming ceremony last year (and managed not to cry too much!)

⚡️ I’m also a human slave to five guinea pigs who I adore but who eat an insane amount of fruit and veg. And yes, they will be appearing here - usually on my stories.

So that’s me - I’d love to hear about you!

And, if you’re planning a special ceremony this year - a celebration of life, a living funeral (I’m definitely up for that), a wedding, elopement or vow renewal… or maybe you’re expecting a baby or on your journey to adopt - then let’s talk about how I can help! 💛

03/01/2026

Downtime after today’s family meeting to plan R’s funeral 🌿❄️ I needed to feel sunlight on my face, and this was the perfect place to find it…

Spending time outdoors is my top post work ritual these days - what’s yours?

03/01/2026

My final wedding of 2025 and it really was something special 🌈✨️⁠
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Tess and Brian’s beautiful story, all brought together in an intimate Christmas Eve ceremony witnessed by just four family members (six actually, can’t forget the dogs). ⁠

And to think that it all started with Tess googling ‘humanist wedding celebrant in Suffolk... ⁠
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Thank you to them for finding me, for this lovely review and, most of all, for reminding me why I love what I do 💕⁠
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01/01/2026

Absolute legends 🚁 🪩 💛

2025 was a year of your lifesaving impact 💛

✨ Because of you, we marked 25 years of lifesaving missions – and reached the incredible milestone of helping over 27,000 people since we began.

✨ 32,000 people received training in CPR and defibrillator use throughout the year (We also reached the milestone of 100,000 people trained since 2018!)

✨ Hundreds of former patients, their families and bystanders received support from our aftercare team to help with their recovery journeys.

✨Volunteers gave 12,000 hours of their time, energy and skills.

✨ You joined our flagship fundraising events, Trek 24 and Only The Brave, in your thousands!

✨ You made the year unforgettable with skydives, wing walks, events, and incredible moments of generosity.

Every donation, every challenge, every moment of kindness provided the very best care, when the very worst happened. Thank you for making 2025 extraordinary. Here’s to 2026.

Read more about 2025: https://pulse.ly/oibnsstsaa

28/12/2025

✨ Christmas Eve Magic ✨

I had the great good fortune to be asked by Tess and Brian to create a special wedding ceremony for them, and honestly… it was the best way to start Christmas.

On a bright, wintry morning in the Suffolk countryside, in front of their family and the best two doggy bridesmaids, we told their love story and they made some beautiful, heartfelt vows before exchanging the rings they’d each chosen for the other.

Theirs was such a lovely story to tell, and it was really emotional seeing what they mean to each other - and how proud their family was, especially Tess’s dad Michael.

Simple, elegant and straight from the heart. Exactly what a wedding can be 💕