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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Maureen Waterston married us in October 2022 and we honestly can’t thank her enough for the wonderful ceremony she added to the day.
Maureen helped us create the ceremony that we wanted, giving us guidance and making sure that we were happy with every aspect of it. The ceremony on the day was perfect and delivered with so much warmth – quite literally all guests commented on how wonderful it was.
Maureen was just such a lovely person throughout and we really can’t recommend her enough for anyone looking for a celebrant.
Gerrie Douglas-Scott
Gerrie Douglas-Scott was the celebrant of our wedding beside the banks of Loch Voil in Loch Lomond and the Trossachs. Beforehand Gerrie sent us so much helpful information to guide us through the ceremony whilst also encouraging us to personalise and adapt the content. It made the process of creating our ceremony very straightforward and enjoyable, and our conversations with Gerrie beforehand reassured us that we were picking the perfect person to ensure our ceremony had the calm and fun atmosphere that we hoped for. I also really appreciated Gerrie taking the time to meet both myself and my husband on the day of our wedding to say hello and ensure we felt prepared and ready for the steps ahead. Our ceremony was perfect and that wouldn’t have been possible without Gerrie. Our guests all commented on the wonderful job that she did and I cannot thank Gerrie enough for helping us to create a ceremony so personal to us.
My husband and I really enjoyed working with our celebrant, Tim Maguire for our elopement in Scotland. As American citizens, there were additional steps and paperwork for us to complete prior to our ceremony in order for it to be recognized legally. Tim’s guidance over Zoom and emails were very much appreciated over the months of planning we had. We especially enjoyed Tim’s easy going personality and charming sense of humor! The lovework he had us complete was very helpful in the writing of our vows and it was such a sweet, romantic treat to share with eachother leading up to our day. Speaking of our day, Tim made everything so easy for us by connecting with our photographer to confirm last minute logistics. Funny enough, Dustin and I really didn’t know the exact location of our elopement up until the time we got there- Tim and our photographer picked the nicest spot in the area for us and it was perfect! Afterwards, Tim even sent a note saying he donated a tree in our name for charity which was such a nice gesture. Thanks Tim and our witness Susie for being a part of this day we will never forget!
We got married in November 2022 and Susan done our ceremony. Well wow what can I say? Our day was perfect from start to finish. Very relaxed ceremony with plenty of humour. Nightly recommended. Thank you so much for making our special day even more special x
Tim is the absolute perfect person to have in charge of such a big part of your wedding day! From our first contact with him (and we were planning from overseas) we knew he was a match for us. His care to meet and get to know us before we worked together, the amazing process he had us go through prior to the wedding to help write our ceremony, his patience when we had to push our wedding a year due to COVID, and then his impeccable and warm performance on our wedding day were unmatched. We still have guests asking us where and how we found him because they liked him so much! Truly our day would not have been the same without him being part of it and would 10/10 do it again. Highly recommend, we love you Tim!