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Wedding Ceremonies
Congratulations – it’s your wedding day! It’s about you both and your personal love story. Each ceremony I do is performed around you as a couple, having met, spoken and got to know you on several occasions. The beauty of a celebrant at your wedding is that you have the flexibility to hold the ceremony wherever you want to – and have the day the way you want it.
YOUR WEDDING
You can also include anything you like at your ceremony (providing it’s legal!) – you aren’t confined by traditional formats, so this allows for a more inclusive and diverse ceremony. You’d like to include family and friends in the ceremony? You can! You’d like your dog or pony to be the ring bearer? No problem (venue permitting!). You’d like to know more about traditions that you can include in your day? I can tell you what is available.
Flexibility is key with a celebrant led ceremony.
Please note that a celebrant led ceremony is not a legally binding ceremony, you will need to have been legally married or have legally registered your civil partnership, ideally before the celebrant led service. Many couples book a registration only service with their local registry office for the legal part – this is a short service and only requires yourselves and a couple of witnesses. Vows and ring exchanges can then be performed in your celebrant led ceremony, alongside any traditions if required.
YOUR INVESTMENT
Wedding ceremony – prices start from £650
Vow renewal ceremonies - £500
Travel costs are incurred for venues over 30 miles from my base (GL20), overnight stays (if required, due to travel time and/or your chosen ceremony time) are charged at cost.
In Person rehearsal the day before the ceremony – £100.
After our first meeting, if you would like to secure my services with a confirmed date, a 30% non-refundable deposit is due on confirmation, with the balance due two weeks before the ceremony (a contract will be provided for us both to sign).
Other ceremony costs – special elements or traditions – where the following are requested, they will be charged at cost price:
- Unity candle ceremony
- Sand ceremony
- Handfasting
- Jumping the broom
The package includes:
- Up to two meetings to create and design your bespoke ceremony – in person or via the internet if not possible
- Your script – tweaked until you are happy with it, including vows (using traditional vows, writing your own or a blend of both) and special ceremonies (ie traditions) if requested
- Listening to and capturing your story and your ideas/wishes for your ceremony
- Assistance with writing of vows if required
- Liaising with the planning or venue team
- The Big Day – including a pre-wedding briefing with the bridal party
- A personalized keepsake ceremonial presentation script
- All communications on any platform
Additional items:
- Rehearsal – my attendance at a rehearsal if requested (additional fees apply)
- Keepsakes – I can source ceremonial keepsakes such as hand fasting ties and unity ceremonies (additional at cost fees apply)
Vow renewals
- These should be as special and unique as your love story
- Vows can be the same as those from your wedding day, or you can write vows to reflect the journey you have travelled together so far
- They can be a chance to take time to consider your lives together and to celebrate all that has happened as a married couple
- They can show your undying love, respect and unity as you move forward in your lives
- An occasion for just the two of you, or shared with those close to you
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a celebrant legally marry you?
A celebrant wedding is bespoke, beautiful, creative, meaningful – but not legal. You will need to do the legal bit in a registrar office. You might like to think of it as the wedding admin. If you want to be heart-married but not legally married, then you don’t need to do the registrar bit at all.
Where can we have our ceremony?
Absolutely anywhere! Unlike legal weddings that need to take place in a licensed venue, a celebrant wedding can take place wherever you like. In a big top, on a boat, at your favourite nightclub, at the beach, in a pub, in a field – the possibilities are endless.
What traditions are available?
Ring warming: A heartfelt wedding tradition that involves the passing of the two rings around all the guests, symbolising the love and support of family and friends for the couple, prior to the exchange of these rings
Unity ceremonies: These are symbolic traditions representing the union of two people. Examples include:
- Handfasting – a beautiful ancient Celtic tradition with pagan roots that sees the celebrant bind the couple’s hands together with rope or ribbon, to signify the union. It’s where the phrase “Tying the knot” originates. You can use one cord, or friends and family can add ones to it. In some ceremonies couples are asked if they want to handfast for a year and a day, for while love lasts, or for eternity
- Sand ceremonies – where individuals pour layers of sand into a central vessel, creating a keepsake that represents unity, transformation and connection
- Jumping the broom – this tradition involves the couple literally jumping over a broom (placed on the floor!) to demonstrate their union. It symbolises sweeping away the old and welcoming in a new beginning.
- Candle lighting – where the couple light a common candle from their individual candles, symbolizing their union.