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My services as a Couples and Naming celebrant include working with you to create a personal and unique Marriage or Civil Partnership Celebration Ceremonies once you have completed the legal paperwork. I also provide several family-based celebrations such as Renewal of Vows, Naming, Commitment and Welcoming Ceremonies. My services as a Funeral celebrant include working with you to write a fitting and respectful funeral, memorial or scattering of ashes ceremony which reflects the essence of your loved one and to deliver the tribute on the day. The most important thing for me is to support you in meaningfully representing your loved one. If needed, I will work with you to make a thoughtful individual tribute which will include helping you include music, poetry and readings of your choice

You are very welcome to have a no-obligation telephone call or face-to-face meeting with me. If you select me to be your celebrant I will encourage and assist you through the process of designing your ceremony. After I have delivered the ceremony, I will give you a Souvenir Script as a keepsake. As an independent civil celebrant, I am not allied to any belief system, faith or religion and I am happy to consider whatever elements you want to include in your ceremony. I will help you to remain confident in the planning of your special day whilst supporting your choices of music, poetry or readings for your celebration. Family and Couples Celebration Ceremonies can be held in any location, and I can work alongside you to organise a memorable and beautiful event. There are so many options of symbolic actions within ceremonies, such as hand-fasting, unity candle lighting and jumping the broom to name just a few. I can explain what is involved to let you choose what you feel is right for you.

09/01/2023

I am hoping the festive period went well for as many of you as possible, giving time to take a breath as well as those busy times with friends, family or even just trying to get the usual big shop. I am so fortunate that even in a time of immense grief people are grateful for any help I can give to make sure someone's final farewell is fitting and genuine.

Testimonial - 'Hello, Donna. We would like to thank you very much again for the beautiful service you did for my dad. Everyone had commented about it saying it was lovely and well presented. Thanks again.'

13/12/2022

The Christmas period, whether you follow a faith, religion, belief system or follow your own path, can be a time for poignant reflection. We hopefully will spend some time thinking of good times, happy memories with those we love and respect and being grateful. But, of course, being human we can focus on missed opportunities and thoughts of regret can linger. If someone we love has died, we can at times fret over what was not said, how we didn't get a chance to tell that person how much they impacted our life, how we didn't say sorry and so on. People can show their love and regard for the person by attending the funeral but that missed chance may stay with them. Haruki Murakami said "Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it". With that notion in mind it can be a big thing to start a conversation about death and people's beliefs and wishes but it doesn't have to be. Start the conversation with small things such as the music you love and what happy memories a tune can evoke or go huge and search for thoughts on burial or cremation? Over the next few posts I would like to share some practical considerations which may help you or your friends through that difficult time approaching death and the administration afterwards with some support options too. Please think of your loved ones that have died this Christmas and try to focus on the smiles, the laughs and the warmth you shared with them. Dx

16/11/2022

The picture below does not reflect some of the extreme conditions during recent burials I have spoken at but I am determined to give everyone a proper send off regardless of the weather. Lovely to be recognised by the families too -
"Hiya Donna, just wanted to say thank you so so much for dad's service....We've had many people commenting about it and asking about you. You took a mountain of pressure off us all and I can only thank you for it xx."

01/11/2022

Hi everyone, thanks for following me. I wanted to tell you about my training and accreditation. In October 2021 I finished my Diploma in Couples and Naming Celebrancy and in April 2022 completed my Diploma in Funeral Celebrancy with a company called Civil Ceremonies Ltd. I then was accepted as a member of the Association of Independent Celebrants. A professional body whose code of standards I follow. I am on their directory of Independent Celebrants. See the logo below. 🙂

24/10/2022

Hello everyone, just wanted to say thanks so much for lots of very kind words of support and encouragement from family, friends and friends of friends after my recent posts. Credit and thanks also to GE Photography and Alison Boyes for my first 3 photos. It can be tricky to decide on how best to use this wonderful medium for communicating but I will try my best to strike an even balance of useful information and some interesting topics in my future posts.

13/10/2022

Client testimonial

Wedding Celebration Ceremony in family garden August 2022

“Dear Donna, this is just a short note to say thank you for being our celebrant and for celebrating our wedding with us on the day. I t was a delight to have you there and we really appreciate all the effort and work you put into making sure the wedding went smoothly – we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! Thank you, love Chris and Sarah”

The day went beautifully, gorgeous weather, stunning setting and a lovely couple joyful to celebrate with their friends and family and of course a chance for me to get dressed up too!

12/10/2022

Client testimonial from Funeral Ceremony Roucan Loch Crematorium July 2022

“Just wanted to say Thank You so much for today. Everyone said how well you spoke and that it was a lovely service. Thank you. Jill x”

This was my first Crematorium based ceremony. I was glad of the helpful staff and because of the work done with Jill beforehand, I was confident we would give her mum a lovely send-off.

11/10/2022

Hello there, I am Donna, an independent Civil Celebrant working in Dumfries and Galloway. I am accredited to help people create unique and personal ceremonies marking significant events in their lives, and to deliver them at a time and place of their choosing.

I help with Funerals, Memorial and Scattering of Ashes Ceremonies which are tailored to your needs.

I also craft personalised celebration ceremonies including Marriage Celebrations, Civil Partnership Celebrations, Renewal of vows, Naming, Welcoming and Unity ceremonies.

My business is known as Donna Mac Celebrancy and I started working with families and delivering ceremonies in July 2022.

Want to know more? Please message or email me.

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