Celebrate People
About this business
Celebrate People is a multi-belief organisation based on humanist values. We conduct ceremonies as well as providing support and counselling. Our highly trained and experienced celebrants represent our humanist values of love, kindness, equality, compassion, inclusion and respect. We believe that you two are central and will support you to make sure that your ceremony reflects and expresses what is important to you, your lives, your culture.
We can provide excellent Spanish, French and Italian speaking celebrants to make sure everyone is included.
We simply want you to feel cared for and supported to express your love and commitment in the way that means most to you in that special moment. You may celebrate with family and friends or run away just the two of you. Whatever you choose we are there to help you have your perfect ceremony.
We are there for you from the moment you start to think about what you want for your ceremony all the way through to you leaving for the rest of your celebrations. For most that includes making sure all the legal details are taken care of in the right way and in the right place. If you need guidance on what to include on your ceremony, we are there with many ideas and support to help you choose the best words and elements for you both.
All of our celebrants are brilliant at listening and helping as little or as much as you need them to put what is you want to say into words. For some couples this is easy, others less so. Wherever you fall on that scale we will support you in your ceremony development in preparation for the main event. Symbols and customs can strengthen what you want to say and all of us can include handfasting, drinking from the quaich, sand ceremony and many more.
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Mo Waterston was our celebrant on 5th August 2022 at the Eglinton Arms Hotel. The preparation work was done over various meeting using face time , txt and emails. This worked perfectly for myself and Ashleigh, we both have busy jobs and three children , so the flexibility and choice that Mo gave was perfect.
Mo’s personality and patience particularly for me , the groom was very welcome. I had a surprise for my daughters and when my worries and panic set in Mo was there to calm my nerves. She even sent a fantastic voice note the night before my wedding to reassure me that she would help make it work.
Our guests commented on how wonderful the ceremony was. I would highly recommend Mo and Celebrate People . Thanks again Mo , we couldn’t have done it without you. Ashleigh and Declan .
On the 23rd of July we were married by two amazing ladies, Susan Douglas Scott and Gerrie Douglas Scott. We were privileged to have them both conduct our ceremony. What a delight. Both are the loveliest of people, compassionate, caring, clever and very funny. The ceremony was thoughtful, very personal and involved everyone in the room. It was exactly what we wanted . It was very special indeed and wouldn’t have been anywhere the same without Susan or Gerrie. From start to finish they made the development of the ceremony easy , giving great advice and tips and coaching us to create a very special ceremony which packed a punch with the powerful messages about love and marriage. They nailed it in every way and made our day so very wonderful. Thank you is not enough. All our love Carol and Hugh. X
When our wedding plans got cancelled with the pandemic, we felt desperate to get married as soon as we could. We decided to reshape our ceremony and to contact a humanist celebrant. However, there was a catch, it had to be a celebrant capable of speaking in French and English.
Gerrie Douglas-Scott was recommended to us and it has been an amazing experience from the beginning. She was enthusiastic about any idea we had and she was willing to help us get married on the most iconic square of Glasgow during lockdown. She also accepted to be present both for our small lockdown ceremony but also for our big ceremony in 2022 for the price of one.
She has been present in our lives throughout the hard moments of postponing, applying for permission to get married on a public square, and shaping a bilingual ceremony.
We recommend Gerrie, she is there for you and will do her best to get you the ceremony you wanted.
Gerrie Douglas Scott married me and my husband at beautiful Ross Priory. We couldn’t have asked for a better person to marry us. Gerrie is so warm, friendly, funny, genuine and natural. Everyone commented afterwards how wonderful she was and I still have friends and family talk about what a personal and emotional ceremony Gerrie gave us. She was funny at the right points and put us both at ease from the get go. She provided templates for us to adapt into our own words and she will forever have a place in our hearts. Thank you so much Gerrie xx
Tim Maguire was a brilliant celebrant for our wedding in June 2022. From the very beginning right through to the “I do’s” he put us at ease and helped us shape a very personal wedding ceremony. Tim gave us lots of suggestion and inspiration on how to craft a humanist ceremony, and then took on board our ideas and captured exactly the tone and style that we were after.
Most especially, this included conducting the ceremony in French and English, switching seamlessly between the two and making sure a large bi-lingual crowd was fully involved.
Would definitely recommend for an authentic and confident celebrant!