Alison was everything needed at such a difficult time – sympathetic and professional.  My mother’s funeral was expertly handled and I would highly recommend Alison.

Thank you for a most up-lifting service – it will stay with us for all the best reasons. We returned home feeling calm and happy.

I wanted to say a huge personal thank you for helping us make an immensely sad occasion such a memorable one that everyone present universally agreed was a ‘lovely day’.  I like to think that Dad would have considered it a ‘job well done’ and he would have appreciated your calm and soothing, yet uplifting, approach in guiding us as to how to create that day blending the awful sadness of saying ‘goodbye’ with a host of happier memories.  I found your words also very comforting and the day was enriching for me in a way I hadn’t quite expected.  Keep on with your amazing work.

As a family we were very pleased and comforted by your celebration of our mother’s life.  We have received many, many favourable comments from the family and friends, saying how appropriate it was for a non-religious person, and how nice it was that it was about the person rather than the service.

Thank you for the deftly crafted service you delivered at my father’s funeral last week.  I recall the brief but intense time we spent at the crematorium, not with the pain I’d envisaged, but with grace and good sentiment.  With your calm conduct and well-chosen words, my recollection is of celebration and peace.  I have also had the opportunity to re-read the words you wrote about Dad, and am moved by the attention you paid to the all-important meeting we had a few days ago.  Your empathy and intuition were great gifts to us.  Many thanks for a job meaningfully done.

Thank you for your absolutely excellent handling of my sister’s funeral.  Your sensitivity in dealing with the family and meticulous preparation of my sister’s biography were exemplary.  The ‘tone’ you set for the service was perfect too.

I cannot thank you enough for your overwhelming contribution yesterday.  I feel comforted by you and your calming personality – it made all the difference.  You have made our pain soften with your patience, kindness, consideration and empathy.

I have always felt anxious at the crematorium, but stepping out of my son’s car yesterday, I was so relieved seeing you standing in the doorway, and I felt it would be okay.  That feeling stayed with me throughout, and my family and friends all expressed their positive feelings too.

My mum’s funeral service was the most uplifting and memorable one I have ever attended.  If Mum could have spoken to me, she would have said, ‘That’s exactly what I wanted!’.

Never having attended a Humanist funeral before, we were unsure as to what to expect, but it turned out to be exactly the positive celebration of Dad’s life for which we had hoped.  The celebrant was excellent – compassionate and caring before the funeral.  Alison executed an outstanding service in exceptionally difficult circumstances (very complex family relationships).   Everyone was very moved and commented on the service and how well and sensitively it had been done.