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The Humanist Celebrant Podcast

Simon Smith - Humanist Wedding and Funeral Celebrant

Religion & Spirituality

Frequency: 1 episode/112d. Total Eps: 12

Humanist Celebrants share their insights, expertise and personal stories about becoming a celebrant, the way they work and offer advice for people planning a wedding, funeral or naming. HUMANIST CEREMONIES™ is a network of humanist celebrants trained and accredited by Humanists UK. We offer humanist naming, wedding or partnership, and funeral and memorial ceremonies for non-religious people. Each ceremony is unique, appropriate, and personal. Our skilled celebrants come from all walks of life and have great integrity, sensitivity and experience.

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#86

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Behind the scenes at a Crematorium

Tuesday, July 30, 2024 • Duration 10:27

What actually happens when the curtains close? In this episode I am behind the scenes at a Crematorium talking to a technician Steve Wilkinson about his work.

What happens to our human remains at the end of the day, what is it like to work in a place where, on a busy day, up to 17 cremations take place. What happens to hip joints, what coffin is best for the process and what must you absolutely not put in a coffin as a keepsake?

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Music, video, images and live streaming in Funerals

Season 1 · Episode 9

Tuesday, July 30, 2024 • Duration 12:35

In this episode I am talking to Janeen Key from Obitus. Obitus are the UKs leading supplier of the technology in crematoria and funeral homes.

Janeen explains the process for choosing music, uploading photos and live streaming a ceremony using the Obitus system and we discuss the future for technology in the funeral sector.

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Doug Duckworth - Humanist celebrant

Season 1 · Episode 9

Monday, April 19, 2021 • Duration 20:12

Doug is a humanist celebrant based in Newark and conducts ceremonies in the East Midlands and London. He's done lots of different jobs in his life including gravedigger, customs officer, accountant, actor and teacher of English and he's travelled widely in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. He's never believed in a god, but he doesn’t have a problem with people that do. From 2016 to 2019 he combined celebrancy with being a “Faith Adviser” on the Lincoln University Chaplaincy team, working side by side with priests, imams and other religious leaders providing advice and guidance to students.

Here we talk about local cultural significance, Ashes based ceremonies and ...er... auditing.

Doug's Music Choice:

Ronnie Ronalde - In a Monastery garden

And his reading: Joyce Grenfell

If I Should Go

If I should go before the rest of you
Break not a flower nor inscribe a stone
Nor when I'm gone speak in a Sunday voice
But be the usual selves that I have known
Weep if you must
Parting is Hell
But life goes on
So sing as well.

Email: douglas.duckworth@humanistceremonies.org.uk

Phone: 07596 774153

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How to deliver a great Eulogy at a funeral

Sunday, April 11, 2021 • Duration 16:05

In this episode I am joined by three UK based Humanist celebrants, Felicity Harvest, Douglas Duckworth and Roger Payne, and together we offer some advice to anyone who has been asked to speak at the funeral of a friend, relative or colleague.

How to tackle difficult lives and difficult deaths, how to deliver a great Eulogy, what to expect in the crematorium, how to manage strong emotion and the whys and why nots of using display technology...we all know the phrase...death by powerpoint.

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How to prepare and write a Eulogy for a funeral

Season 1 · Episode 8

Monday, April 5, 2021 • Duration 21:47

In this episode I am joined by three UK based Humanist celebrants, Felicity Harvest, Douglas Duckworth and Roger Payne, and together we offer some advice to anyone who has been asked to speak at the funeral of a friend, relative or colleague.

How to tackle difficult lives and difficult deaths, how to approach preparing and writing a eulogy that is personal, memorable and thoughtful.

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Pat Winslow - Humanist Celebrant

Season 1 · Episode 6

Tuesday, March 30, 2021 • Duration 17:22

Music Choice:

Londonderry Air Beatrice Hamilton with Nightingales

Reading:

Our revels now are ended. These our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits and
Are melted into air, into thin air:
And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.

William Shakespeare
From The Tempest, Act 4 Scene 1

Pat says she has been training indirectly for celebrancy since she was in my twenties. She was an actor for twelve years. She left the theatre in 1987 to make space for her writing. Since then she's had seven poetry collections published. Her fiction also appears in a number of anthologies and fiction magazines. She has worked as a writer in residence in a prison and various hospitals and runs writing workshops from time to time in schools and community centres. You can see some of the work she does if you click on her blog.

Phone 07857 273695

Email thepatwinslow@gmail.com

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Stephanie Forster - Humanist Celebrant

Season 1 · Episode 6

Tuesday, March 23, 2021 • Duration 15:47

With a background of marketing and communications that started in the hotel industry, Stephanie has over 15 years’ experience of creating, organising and hosting events, writing scripts and delivering speeches of all kinds. This has proved invaluable in designing and writing bespoke weddings, namings and funerals with all the couples and families she works with to create ceremonies just the way they want them.

Music Choice:

Phil Collins - You can't hurry love

Contact details:

stephanie@silverbeeceremonies.co.uk

07786 268446

@sbeeceremonies

facebook.com/silverbeeceremonies

Visit www.silverbeeceremonies.co.uk to find out more about my ceremonies

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Ian Willox - Humanist Celebrant

Season 1 · Episode 6

Tuesday, March 16, 2021 • Duration 17:28

Music Choices:

Missa Luba by les troubadours du roi baudouin

Ian's Reading choice

Blessing for the Broken Hearted by Jan Richardson

Ian's Biography

Born in Zimbabwe and educated in Zambia and Scotland, I’ve been a radio producer for 30 years or so – working in most of Europe, sub-Saharan Africa and quite a lot of South East Asia. I used to live with my wife on a Dutch Barge in London but now our children are grown we’ve been able to move to a small north Oxfordshire village with a big garden and a medium sized dog.

Although I encountered a form of Humanism early on in my schooling (it was promoted by Kenneth Kaunda, first president of Zambia), like many Humanist celebrants my major motivation came from attending too many disappointing ceremonies. I like the way secular celebrations can’t hide behind liturgy and therefore reveal the real people involved. And I am constantly fascinated and amazed at the inventiveness and creativity people put into their celebrations – even funerals. Especially funerals.

My communications skills, won over many years in broadcasting, help me to understand what people want to achieve in their ceremonies and to find ways to create events that accurately reflect those desires.

Contact Details

ian.willox@humanistceremonies.org.uk
humanist.org.uk/ianwillox/
07973 221 479 01865 58 9663

Phil Walder - Humanist Celebrant

Season 1 · Episode 4

Tuesday, March 16, 2021 • Duration 16:00

Phil's Reading

The Dash by Linda Ellis

Phil's Music Choices

The Great Gig in the Sky by Pink Floyd

Contact Phil:

phil.walder@gmail.com
www.philwalder.com/
07980 241225

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Trevor Moore - Humanist Celebrant

Season 1 · Episode 4

Tuesday, March 16, 2021 • Duration 17:51

Trevor's Choice for a reading:

The Life That I Have by Leo Marks

Trevor's choice for music

Back in Black by ACDC

Trevor's Biography

Since being accredited as a Humanists UK celebrant in 2010 I have had the opportunity to work with all ages and personalities. My own experience in being part of a large extended family, spanning the generations, has equipped me well to do that.

My original career as a lawyer has left me with an eye for detail, alongside the ability to see the bigger picture. So you can be reassured that I will provide a safe guiding hand as you work to achieve your aims.

Alongside my commitment to family and community, for diversion I enjoy distance running (sometimes with Harvey the labrador), photography and cooking for others (helped down with some decent wine).

Although I live in Southwark and work mostly across central and south London and its bordering counties, I am happy to consider going further afield. I am part of a local network of celebrants operating in the same area. Between us we can ensure that a humanist celebrant is available whenever required.

Contact Trevor:

Trevor Moore
trevoramoore@aol.com
humanist.org.uk/trevormoore
07967 000546

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