Christine Berrisford
Bespoke Ceremonies
Your day, celebrated your way.
Personal, non-religious, wedding or commitment ceremonies, naming and re-naming ceremonies in Leeds and the surrounding Yorkshire area.
If you’re looking for a down to earth celebrant, with a wealth of experience, an ‘unflowery’ writing style, a sense of humour and twelve years of positive client feedback, the service I offer might be just the ticket.
Working collaboratively and being led by you means I’m able to create ceremonies that are authentic, personal, meaningful and inclusive.
GET IN TOUCH
Get in touch with any initial enquiries:
christine.berrisford@humanistceremonies.org.uk
07516683323
Need a little more info? Read on…
QUALITY ASSURANCE
You can rest assured about the standard of the work you’ll receive. I’m trained, accredited and insured by © Humanists UK 2017, as part of their HUMANIST CEREMONIES™ network.
This guarantees that you’ll get the quality services of a professional, who’s undertaken a rigorous training and assessment programme, is required to participate in regular CPD activities every year and is observed conducting each of their ceremony types, once every three years, by a colleague.
In addition, it means you can rely on a local network of colleagues, who support each other and step in if things take a turn for the unexpected!
Interested in quality over quantity? I choose to limit the number of ceremonies I do each year, so you’ll get my full attention.
MORE INFO
For an insight into what you can expect if you choose me as your celebrant, please have a look at the information on my WEDDING and NAMING pages, where you’ll also find lots of feedback and photos from previous clients – it’ll give you a real flavour of what I do.
You can find pricing information HERE.
EQUALITY & INCLUSION
Equality, equity and inclusion are a total no brainer for me.
Enquiries are welcomed from everyone. Your sexuality, gender identity, race, ethnicity, disability, cultural or religious heritage should not be a barrier to you marking an important event in exactly the way you want to.
My aim is always to treat people as I would like to be treated – with respect. It’s your ceremony, so you’ll let me know if there’s something I need to consider, include or adapt to make it inclusive of and accessible to you and yours and I’ll adjust accordingly. I work always to be a better ally .
I was proud to be a founding member of www.lgbtqequalityweddings.com supporting their #YouDontNeedToAskHere campaign.
I’m also very pleased to be an alumni of the Trans Ally Training provided by Stonewall; supporting their #comeoutfortransequality campaign and their work towards acceptance without exception.
OTHER OCCASIONS
The services you could use me for go beyond Weddings and Naming ceremonies for children; they include – but are not limited to – writing scripts for and leading on all your milestone celebrations; for example commitment ceremonies, renewal of vows, adoption ceremonies, blending of families, trans & non-binary re-naming ceremonies, coming of age, milestone birthdays, recovery from ill health. If you want to celebrate something, or mark a significant occasion, get in touch for a chat, I’ll be delighted to discuss how I can help make it happen.
I look forward to meeting you.
Christine Berrisford (she/her/they)
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