Izzy Shaw Celebrant

06/08/2025

All our family, wedding and funeral celebrant training courses are mapped against Level 3/4 standards, which are written and delivered by practicing,
experienced Civil Celebrants with formal teaching qualifications. We offer three formal celebrant training courses for prospective celebrants:
Funeral Celebrancy Certificate, Family Celebrancy Certificate and Diploma in Family and Funeral Celebrancy.

Call us to know more on 0800 772 0762

06/08/2025

✨ Letters to Heaven ✨

We’re proud to share that all of our CMG crematoria now have Letters to Heaven post boxes installed on site.

These special post boxes offer families a heartfelt way to stay connected with loved ones they’ve lost, a space to share memories, write messages, or simply say what’s in your heart.

💌 Every letter is private, never opened or read, and through an eco-friendly process, they are gently transformed into compost.

🌱 This compost is then used in our gardens, ensuring that each message becomes part of the beauty and life that continues to grow there.

A small gesture with lasting meaning. Because love never leaves us, and neither do they.

23/07/2025

23/07/2025

Your training with UKSOC provides you with the skills needed to create ceremonies which are unique and personal.
We also show you how to stand out from the rest and make a successful business.

Contact a member of the tutor team to find out more - 0800 772 0762

23/07/2025

Couples who choose to have a celebrant wedding ceremony from a UKSOC Wedding Celebrant will receive a tailor made ceremony which puts them at the heart of the ceremony. No scripts, no templated words, each one is unique.

23/07/2025

🌟WE MADE THE FINAL!! 🌟

We are delighted to announce that we made the Final Four in the National Good Funeral Awards for Best Crematorium 2025!

This means the world to us and it wouldn’t have been possible without your support. We are honoured to be part of the history of so many local families and love being part of our local community.

We will be attending the presentation on Saturday 20th September at the National Space Centre in Leicester, but no matter the outcome, being recognised at this stage is already such a win. We look forward to meeting the other three worthy finalists!

We are so grateful and will continue to provide our respectful, dedicated and caring service to families and their loved ones which we are extremely proud of.

🌟Wish us luck!!!! 🌟

19/07/2025

With busy home, work and family lives, it is very easy to put our own aspirations to the bottom of the list.

Give yourself that time! Call to speak to a member of our tutor team for more information of our training courses that will change your career.

18/07/2025

Deciding who will help you present your ceremony can be problematic. Whilst the clergy, registrars, Celebrants and humanists may be familiar terms, until it comes to booking one, many couples will be in the dark about the differences between them.

18/07/2025

Today I am away to visit a family who have lost their father and a husband, suddenly.

With teenagers this is such a responsibility, even more so than any other visit and whilst each time you visit people to arrange a ceremony you commit everything you have. These are moments you need to be a little braver.

Today is about treading very slowly, listening even harder, holding your own heart strong and showing a family in their darkest most traumatic moments that you are there to support them to say goodbye.

Saying goodbye and how we do this is different for each of us, every single time.

As we grow and change our memories change with us l. How we carry that memory of these moments helps shape and form our futures and our ability to cope at the worst moment in our lives.

In my bag I carry: tissues, paper and pens for children who sometimes prefer to express their feelings in pictures, biscuits for the tea we may drink as we talk about the person and their life...

And importantly ... dog chews...if they have dogs !!!
It's a good way of breaking the ice and making people feel that little bit more comfortable.

People are often more stressed about their pets when I arrive than anything... We don't mind pets, they bring with them affection and an opportunity to think about something else and they'll sit with you and just love you.

Every celebrant is different and there is no right or wrong way...

You have to see what you are faced with when someone opens the door. But that relationship starts long before that point when you make your first contact, by phone, by text, by email....

Working as a team, with a Funeral Director you trust and you know makes such a difference, it's never just a job, for any of us - ever...

I also take a tiny glass heart nestled in a paper box and a little envelope of forget me knot seeds.

Today I have two of each for the children..

Remember, little things matter.

To those of you in grief right now, take a breathe, take a minute, just be with yourself, this time is exhausting, go slowly on the days you need to.

Rosedale Funeral Home
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