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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Aileen Massie married my husband and I on the 23rd September 2023. Aileen is absolutely amazing at what she does! She wrote us a beautiful personalised ceremony, and managed to capture our story and personalities perfectly. All of our guests were raving about how emotional and ‘just us’ our ceremony was, with lighthearted and funny bits added in. Aileen was so warm and reassuring on the day, and I could relax knowing she had everything organised and sorted for us. I cannot recommended Aileen enough, she even posted our ceremony transcript out to us and I can’t help but go back and read parts of it over and over. Thank you so much Aileen ????
Tim = best celebrant EVER!!
We booked Tim almost 2 years ahead of our wedding and from literally our first email enquiry to saying ‘I do’ we felt so at ease.
We felt slightly overwhelmed at first at writing our own ceremony at first but it genuinely was one of the best things we have done together as a couple and Tim was always on hand via email to answer any of our questions when we were unsure of anything!
Even down to the actual wedding day itself; Tim came out to meet myself, my dad and my bridesmaids and just calmly explained the final few steps because, believe it or not, after 2 and a half years of planning a wedding, your brain goes to actual MUSH when you’re about to walk down that aisle!! But Tim was there, calmly giving us all the final brief on everything before we all walked down the aisle. Then, during the ceremony, hearing Tim read our the ‘Story of Us’ is something we will never ever forget, he just animated it so well and just brought it to life to our wedding party.
Literally everyone in our wedding party couldn’t stop saying how much they enjoyed Tim’s delivery and how much they enjoyed the ceremony as a whole!
We couldn’t recommend Tim enough, go book him and have an epic wedding day like ours! 🙂
Love,
Victoria & Kai xx
(2nd September 2023, Bonham Hotel, Edinburgh)
We had Tim conduct our wedding ceremony on 17th September 23 & he was fantastic! So glad we chose him. He was thorough with the homework which in turn allowed us to create a wonderful, personal wedding ceremony that guests have raved about since. Very professional and relaxed which was what we were looking for! Thank you again.
Angela Campbell (celebrant) enabled us to have the incredibly personalised wedding ceremony we had envisaged. The ceremony included some lighthearted humour (just the right dose for such an occasion) with meaningful symbolic gestures, words and music we had chosen alongside Angela. She put us both at ease on our wedding day and prepared us well. It went exactly as planned and we couldn’t have been happier with it! Many of the guests of my parents’ generation said it was the best and most unique wedding ceremony they’d ever been to in their lives!
Aileen Massie
My wife Sarah and I were married by Aileen at the Bonham Hotel in Edinburgh. Aileen is a truly lovely person and we were delighted she was able to conduct our ceremony. It is clear she loves her job and genuinely wanted to get to know us. Aileen demystified the whole process, and really encouraged us to personalise the ceremony while also making some great suggestions. We can’t thank Aileen enough for making us feel so comfortable with arrangements in the lead up to the wedding. Aileen spoke exceptionally well on the day and struck a lovely balance between humour and seriousness. We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Aileen to other couples!
Nick & Sarah