Margaret Mulholland - Humanist Celebrant

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Margaret Mulholland - Humanist Celebrant Staffordshire based

I am an accredited Celebrant with Humanist UK, specialising in creating personalised, non-religious ceremonies for all occasions including Funerals, Namings, Weddings, Vow Renewals, Memorials, Funeral preplanning etc. An accredited Humanist Celebrant specialising in bespoke Non-religious Ceremonies for all occasions.I will meet with you and craft something beautiful that exceeds your expectations and deliver it with warmth and sincerity.

Lovely Robin card from the neighbours
21/12/2025

Lovely Robin card from the neighbours

A beautiful card from my sister and her husband that really made my day
20/12/2025

A beautiful card from my sister and her husband that really made my day

A simple message but it says all
12/12/2025

A simple message but it says all

Setting up for the last wedding fayre of the year at the beautiful Whiston Hall
29/11/2025

Setting up for the last wedding fayre of the year at the beautiful Whiston Hall

10/10/2025

'Religion is the op**te of the people,' a certain German philosopher once wrote.

Author and humanist Zadie Smith takes the thought further. She argues that tradition can be even more powerful – and more insidious – because it often hides its dangers behind a homely, familiar face.

This isn’t to say that all traditions are bad. But it does remind us to question which ones we inherit, and whether they serve freedom, truth, and human flourishing – or whether they keep us quietly anaesthetised.

The quote is from Zadie's debut novel, White Teeth.

Just prepping for what is probably my last wedding of the season. I can't tell you how excited I am to be working with a...
10/10/2025

Just prepping for what is probably my last wedding of the season. I can't tell you how excited I am to be working with a lovely couple at one of my favourite venues tomorrow.

02/10/2025

Success! The UK Government has said that it will extend legal recognition to humanist marriages in England and Wales.

This change will not happen immediately. Instead, recognition will be introduced as part of a broader package of marriage reforms which the Government says will be subject to a further public consultation launching in the new year.

But for now, after 12 years of years of waiting, we finally have official confirmation. Time to celebrate!

02/10/2025

After more than a decade of campaigning, the UK Government has finally publicly committed to the legal recognition of humanist marriages in England and Wales.

This is a monumental breakthrough, a victory we have been working towards for many decades, and it represents a fundamental acceptance of what we all know to be true: that humanist marriages are as valid, as meaningful, and as deserving of recognition as any other. This moment belongs to every one of us, and most importantly, to the thousands of couples whose ceremonies have so powerfully made the case for us. Thank you for that!

Although this is a huge step forward, we are not quite over the finish line. The Government has indicated that legal recognition will come as part of a wider package of marriage reform, which will involve a further consultation to launch in the new year.

We are calling on the Government to do what is simple, fair, and right: to use its existing powers to grant interim legal recognition immediately, just as it has done for other forms of marriage in the past. If, as we fear, this does not occur, then we will continue to engage.

For today, however, let’s celebrate this landmark achievement! It is a testament to our shared values and our collective perseverance and the day when couples can have a humanist wedding that is legally recognised in its own right is no longer a distant dream, but firmly on the horizon.

Happy Memories 💝🎉
01/10/2025

Happy Memories 💝🎉

30/09/2025

Freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) is a fundamental human right, recognised in international law, that protects every individual’s right to think freely, hold beliefs, and practice or not practice religion. Here's what it means in a nutshell.

30/09/2025

In case you missed it, HUGE news.

Over one in every seven marriages in Northern Ireland now is a humanist wedding from Northern Ireland Humanists.

Non-religious, completely tailored to the couple.

When Northern Ireland Humanists started in 2018, you couldn't get a legal humanist marriage, or marry a same-sex partner, or have an abortion legally. All of that has changed now.

Northern Ireland is becoming a much more liberal and tolerant place. A place associated with fun nights out, cool weddings, great art, and diversity of ideas and lifestyles.

Recent NI-wide polls suggest that as many as a third of people in Northern Ireland now say they have no religion - up from 2% in the 2012 census.

Unfortunately survey forms in NI still ask routinely ask people if they are a Catholic or a Protestant. If you say neither, they'll sometimes ask which you were raised as - this is an attempt to count everybody as one of the other. Schools remain largely divided by religion, despite a law being passed to promote integrated education. And there's still a blasphemy law on the books. We're working on all these things still as priorities in NI.

But the reality is Northern Ireland has started to change. Its society has changed forever.

Scotland, where humanist marriages were legally recognised in 2005, saw a similar rapid change take place. The most recent 2022 Scottish Census suggests that Scotland has now overtaken Wales as the 'most non-religious' part of the UK.

The NI marriage numbers, if taken alone, might suggest that this is happening twice as quickly in NI as in Scotland.

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