BRISTOL HUMANISTS
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CEREMONIES & CELEBRATIONS
Baby Namings - Weddings & Civil Partnerships - Funerals
Life’s biggest moments have been always been marked by ritual. For people with no religious belief, it is important to mark important events in their life with ceremonies that are personal and appropriate to their ideas.
Humanist celebrants are trained and supported by Humanists UK, meaning that they are quality-assured to provide a ceremony that is unique and appropriate to you.
To learn more, see the Humanist Ceremonies website.
Contact details for individual celebrants in the Bristol area are provided below (click on the name for further details).
BABY NAMINGS
Naming ceremonies are a wonderful chance to welcome your new baby to the family and introduce them to their community (as well as a great excuse for a party).
Local humanist celebrants who do baby namings include:
WEDDINGS & CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS
A humanist ceremony is inclusive of everyone, regardless of their beliefs. It is personalised for the couple involved, providing a special occasion that will suit you and your partner. Perhaps best of all, humanist wedding ceremonies can take place anywhere.
Here are some humanist wedding celebrants in the Bristol area:
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Josie Lamb
I conduct wedding ceremonies in the South West of England and at my friends’ farm in East Sussex, and will also consider ceremonies further afield if it suits you and me.
Originally from West London, I now live in Bath and have lived in the West Country since 1999. I’ve also lived in Japan, Paris, Spain and Sheffield over the years, and travelled extensively in South America, Mexico and Thailand.
I currently work as a Speech and Language Therapist in Bath, with adults and their families.
Telephone: 07760 183477
Karen Partridge
I am a Humanist celebrant living in Bristol and working across the South West region. I lead wedding and partnership ceremonies and conduct funeral and memorial services. I feel that my work as a celebrant brings together my skills and experiences in a meaningful and unique way.
Telephone: 07866 528589
Pamela Woodford
After being asked on many occasions to officiate at the wedding of friends and acquaintances, I decided to become an accredited humanist wedding celebrant. I feel it is an honour to be part of such a joyous occasion.
Couples are free to make all the important choices about location, readings, music and the wording of their promises to each other.
I work in Bath,Bristol, Somerset, Gloucestershire,Wiltshire and the South West of England but will travel to most places and abroad
Telephone: 07807905936
Julie Wright
It’s only in the last few years that I’ve begun to call myself a humanist, because to be frank, I wasn’t really aware of the term. Despite having been christened and brought up in a family which would have ticked the C. of E. box on the census form, I have led my adult life without a belief or a need for a god. Like yourself probably, I’ve long thought that this is the one life we have, and I’ve tried to live it to the full, with personal responsibility, consideration for others, and respect for this truly awesome world around us.
Telephone: 01749 675490
Karen Lewis
I am an accredited humanist celebrant, living in Portishead. I lead wedding, civil partnership, renewal of vows, funeral, burial, cremation and memorial ceremonies across Somerset and South Bristol.
I also love helping people mark other milestones in their lives which are not often associated with celebration but still need acknowledgment, such as a new house; a divorce or a significant life change.
Telephone: 07952333211
Julia Cadogan
I am a humanist celebrant accredited by Humanist UK. I lead non-religious weddings, civil partnerships and renewal of vows in and around Bristol, Bath , Taunton, Gloucester and Exeter. My aim is to make sure that couples develop and design their own ceremonies in ways which really reflect who they are and their values.
Telephone: 07905226510
FUNERALS
Humanist funerals are a fitting way to say goodbye to a loved one who lived a life without religion, and humanist funeral celebrants are trained to help you create a ceremony that is appropriate and personal. Humanist funeral celebrants in the area include:
Chrissie Hackett
Chrissie is the Committee Chair of Bristol Humanists.
I will work with you to create the ceremony you want for your loved one. A ceremony that can celebrate their life, as well as expressing your sadness that their life has ended. A ceremony to help you to share your grief and your memories.
You may want to write some of it yourselves or you may wish to share their story with me and ask me to write a fitting tribute. Together, we will choose music and words that reflect their life.
I was inspired to become a funeral celebrant several years ago after a humanist celebrant helped me and my family to create a wonderful funeral for my father. I knew that the ceremony we made for him reflected the man he was. I remember him now with joy and gratitude, greatly helped by my memories of that beautiful ceremony.
Telephone: 07944469295
Karen Lewis
I am an accredited humanist celebrant, living in Portishead. I lead wedding, civil partnership, renewal of vows, funeral, burial, cremation and memorial ceremonies across Somerset and South Bristol.
I also love helping people mark other milestones in their lives which are not often associated with celebration but still need acknowledgment, such as a new house; a divorce or a significant life change.
Telephone: 07952333211
