There is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ when it comes to funerals - just like every person is one of a kind.
No matter what kind of funeral you choose, I can help you create a funeral or celebration of life that includes all the right elements to honour the person that died - and none of the stuff that has no meaning or relevance.
You don’t have to know exactly what you want.
I will help you find out what feels right and what would work best. I have made it my mission to embrace and offer all that is possible for a non-religious funeral or celebration of life. I can give you as much support and guidance as you feel you need – from giving advice on your radical options to organising everything and leading the ceremony.
With my experience in creating deeply personalised end of life ceremonies - from creative cremation services to non-traditional natural burials and ceremonies in alternative venues - I can help you plan an original and fitting send-off.
I am an experienced funeral director and also Humanist UK trained and accredited funeral celebrant, and with my additional training as a Coffin Club Celebrant Plus, you are in very safe hands.
If you do not want to follow the conventional structure of a funeral, you are free to personalise in any way you choose.
You can have a celebration of life in an alternative venue, such as the person’s favourite pub, club or outdoor space - with or without the coffin present.
Separating the cremation or burial from the service means there are no restrictions on time, location or content of the ceremony.
Most funeral services are cremations in a chapel, but there are many other options and you have a lot of flexibility for how you want to organise a funeral.
You can have a natural burial, where the body is lowered into the ground – the ceremony can take place in a chapel first, or partly in chapel and by the burial ground, or have the complete ceremony in the natural surroundings of the burial place.
If you’d rather not have a service, or have the service later at a different venue, you could have a direct cremation. This means that no one will attend and the body of the deceased is cremated by crematorium staff. You will still be able to collect the ashes to keep, scatter or have with you at a later remembrance service as a celebration of life.
A funeral or remembrance service can take place anywhere. You are even allowed to organise and facilitate the whole process yourself. There are few legal requirements for this (which I am happy to talk through with you).