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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My husband Andrew and I were so lucky to have Maureen Waterston (Mo) as our celebrant at our wedding 1st November this year. We met Mo initially at a wedding fair, and after chatting away for a good half an hour we agreed she was the perfect fit for our wedding day! She also explained to us initially about Celebrate People’s ethos and the background, both my husband and I passionately share beliefs that align with Celebrate People- so this was definitely a winner for us.
We followed up with an in person meeting, Mo was so kind and incredibly helpful throughout the entire process. She guided us through a typical ceremony, introduced to us all the different parts and ensured we knew what we had to do and when by.
She sent drafts of the ceremony to us ahead of time, no request was too much- she even vetted our vows for us to make sure we were both on the same page.
We had a ceremony totally tailored to us, including hand fasting and drinking from the Quaich (and a few jokes for good measure).
We can’t thank Mo enough for helping in bringing together what was the perfect day, I couldn’t recommend enough!!!
Maureen Waterston
From the moment we got in touch with Mo, she was so attentive, gave lots of advice and could not be more helpful with the whole wedding ceremony process. She was easy to chat to and with her wealth of experience we knew we were in safe hands. Mo was ever so patient with putting our ceremony together whilst we were back and forth with names to include, readings and all the personal details that you don’t realise make the ceremony so unique. Her suggestion of the ‘ring warming’ was perfect for us and so many guests had never experienced that before in a wedding and complimented such a nice way of bringing them into our day.
We could not recommend Mo Waterston enough, she will truly make it very special.
We were so lucky to have Graham Watson as our celebrant in July this year — it was such a lovely personal touch as he went to school with my mum! He was so accommodating from start to finish, always checking in and making sure everything we wanted was included.
The ceremony was perfect — full of humour and lots of personal touches. So many of our guests commented on how much they loved it and they’re still bringing it up months later. My husband isn’t the best at putting things into words, but Graham helped him so easily and made the whole process stress-free.
I was most nervous about the ceremony, but Graham completely put me at ease. It turned out to be our favourite part of the day. Thank you so much, Graham, for helping to make our wedding day so special! I highly recommend Graham if you want a ceremony that feels relaxed, personal and full of laughter!
Libby McArthur was our celebrant on our big day and was absolutely fantastic. She took everything on board we asked her for. She was funny and relaxed and we loved every bit of our ceremony! Highly recommend Libby to anyone about to get married.
From the moment we came across Gerrie Douglas-Scott on Celebrate People and she replied to our message straight away, we knew she was the perfect match for us. During our first video call, Gerrie instantly put us at ease. She took the time to get to know us, and it honestly felt like we’d known her for years.
Our wedding was a Scottish/Spanish fusion, and thanks to Gerrie’s language skills, she created a beautiful bilingual ceremony that made everyone feel included. The ceremony was everything we hoped for, relaxed, inclusive, personal, and full of love.
We absolutely loved every moment, and so did our guests! Thank you so much, Gerrie, for all your support in the lead-up to our big day and for making our ceremony so special.
Love,
Kathryn & Danny