I craft celebration of life ceremonies as well as baby naming, wedding celebrations, wedding vow renewal and more general Master of Ceremony duties.
Keep me in mind in the future for all of life’s ceremonial occasions.
04/01/2025
AMC CelebrantTopia Event - Thursday 6th & Friday 7th February on Zoom
If you are a Celebrant or looking to come into the industry, the Academy Of Modern Celebrancy are running a virtual summit for Celebrants to help us grow our businesses.
There are Live seminars to visit with industry leaders giving insights and advice about branding, websites and SEO's etc., there are Live sessions covering things like building your network, making the funeral industry work for you, legals and contracts, the marriage reform bill, being a sole trader, music in ceremonies and much more. It is also an opportunity to network with other Celebrants.
The sessions are all Live on the day (over the 2 days Thur 6th & Fri 7th Feb) and run over Zoom. If you sign up for VIP access, you can then have access to the recordings after. There is an early bird discount currently if you sign up before 5th January, you can get VIP access for the same price as a regular ticket of £100 (VIP will be £125 after 5th).
See you there!
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It’s not uncommon in our industry to officiate the funeral of an elderly person and then find just a few short weeks later the partner of that person has also passed away and there you are again, meeting the children of the couple organising their other parent’s funeral. Throughout my career as ...
This wonderful post box topper was bringing a smile to faces in Petts Wood today. Amazing detail 🧡
28/02/2024
22/02/2024
On Tuesday we said goodbye to one of our oldest friends of the society,
Richard Riddiough.
Richard and his wife Elizabeth first joined PWOS (formerly Petts Wood Operatic Society) in 1973 taking parts in the chorus and playing many cameo roles. By 1977 Richard joined a quartet of gentlemen in our production of Bitter Sweet singing ‘We all wear a green carnation’ along with Richard Ayling, Alan Wilson and David Middleton.
In South Pacific he was Sgt. Kenneth Johnson, Mr MacGregor in Brigadoon, Sir Lionel 6th Baronet in Ruddigore and Georges in The New Moon.
In 1996, he was our Wizard in the Wizard of Oz and then played Tramp (the uncle that we don’t mention) in Salad Days.
In 2000, he honed his magic skills as a conjurer, playing Montague Druitt in Jack the Ripper and was Chip Brewster in The Best Little Wh******se in Texas.
Some years later, along with Elizabeth they became vocal coaches for the cast when we were rehearsing for Betty Blue Eyes and we needed true Yorkshire accents.
The operatic used to perform at the Crofton Halls in Orpington but in the late 80’s when Richard was Chairman it was his casting vote that moved productions to the Stag in Sevenoaks. The first show there in 1988 was Finian’s Rainbow.
As part of the operatic we owe them both, Richard and Elizabeth a great deal of thanks for all of their support over the years and time and trouble they went through to provide the props for our productions.
He continued to support us, helping ‘front of house’ at our shows and joining in the social events. He will be greatly missed but very fondly remembered.
Coincidently Richard was directly involved in the real story of Made in Dagenham. He was employed by ACAS (impartial advisors to the government) and worked directly with Barbara Castle preparing the white paper for the equal pay act which was subsequently enshrined in law. So, it is particularly poignant for many of us who knew Richard and the fact we are portraying this story in our production in June.
03/01/2024
A baby naming ceremony. I officiate all sorts of ceremonies for all sorts of occasions. What will you be celebrating in 2024?
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A seamless well managed process from initial instruction to ceremony delivery including any follow-up that is required.
In May 2018 I completed and passed the NOCN Level 3 Diploma in Funeral Celebrancy (RQF)
Since then I have been working alongside local funeral directors, delivering personalised ceremonies for local families. I appreciate working with such highly respected professionals and I greatly value the work I do for them and for the families I have worked with.
I have provided ceremonies for all sorts of different ages, different cultures and backgrounds and different circumstances. No one can say this job is boring or samey and the beauty of being an independent celebrant is I can help the family have the ceremony that they want, there’s no set format. I guide them through the process to make sure they find the right balance to honour and pay tribute to their loved one.
I was extremely proud to be awarded runner up in the National Celebrant Awards as “Most Promising Celebrant 2018”.
The certificate for runner-up the most promising Funeral celebrant goes to Christine Mabbott. Christine is a new celebrant but received a number of nominations from both funeral directors and families. The judges felt her time spent with families and attention to detail made her a very close runner-up.
I have received lovely feedback from families, here’s what families have said about me
I’ve had many more. You can see my feedback from families by visiting my testimonials page on Facebook –
On Google I am proud to say that I have received six 5 Star Reviews. Please see
Some families have recommended me on Facebook. To see those please follow this link
Further Training and Development
In September 2018 I became a Dementia Friend. I felt it was important to find out more about how I could understand this condition and be able to support families better in the course of my work. I was glad that I attended and was presented with a badge which I wear when I go to meet with families.
Every year I attend the Annual Celebrant Convention run by Civil Ceremonies. As well as networking and meeting up with other celebrant colleagues I attend workshop sessions to enhance my training.
In conclusion
Above everything else though, I’ve discovered it is definitely the job for me. The work has a way of bringing together all of my previous skills and experience enabling me to meet the challenges I have faced so far. It fits comfortably into my availability and I don’t mind the peaks and troughs of work, as I’m happy to work hard when necessary and fill my time with other things when I’m not.
Who knows what the future may hold? I am happy though to continue as I am, servicing local families and creating the perfect ceremonies for them to feel they have said farewell in the way that they wanted to.
