Euan Ferguson, writer for The Observer newspaper attended the South Bank’s Festival “Death: A Festival for the Living” last month. Here is a link to the article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/may/13/funerals-death-humanist-euan-ferguson

He was impressed by the creativity you can now utilise, to help your family to give you the send off you really want at the end of your life.

And of course, Humanist Celebrants were at the Festival, on the British Humanist Association stand, to answer people’s questions, and explain how we are trained to make the most of life, with personal ceremonies for your beginning, your adult maturity and your end.

Is this what you would value when you die?

From the Irish Times today:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0502/1224315456931.html

So now every Humanist Celebrant in Ireland as well as Scotland will hold a Register and be able to include a legal marriage certificate in the personal, unique wedding ceremony created specially for each couple.

Please do join the British Humanist Association’s campaign to make our personal ceremonies for you legal in England and Wales too.

Until then, if you want to make your wedding day extra special, by creating your own ceremony as part of your reception and party, indoors or outdoors, in the evening as well as during the day, you do need to legally register your marriage at your local Council offices a day or so before your wedding day.  But thousands of couples know that planning their wedding day around their unique humanist wedding ceremony is still utterly worthwhile – please see independent reviews at the bottom of this listing:

http://www.freeindex.co.uk/profile(hilary-leighter)_423151.htm

The British Humanist Association is campaigning that people who choose a humanist, personal, non-religious wedding ceremony in England or Wales, should have the choice as to whether that ceremony is all they need to be legally married. Here is a link to the campaign if you wish to add your support to this:  http://campaign.publicaffairsbriefing.co.uk/home.aspx?cid=fee6a338-2cbb-4857-aa51-27527a214bfb

In Scotland all the Humanist Society of Scotland’s accredited celebrants are given a Register to be signed at our wedding ceremonies, and couples may choose a unique humanist wedding ceremony to be their legal ceremony. There will still be couples (for instance those who have already been married abroad) who do not need that legality in our ceremony here, but it would be nice to have the choice. Currently in England and Wales you need to briefly register your marriage (with 32 legal words and signing the register) at your local Council offices, before I help you to design your perfect wedding day with your own humanist wedding ceremony wherever and whenever you are having your reception and party.

In Scotland this wedding venue is defined as anywhere which is “safe and dignified”, so can still be your family garden, local historic house, park, or evening romantic location, just like I help couples to hold their ceremony in today. Would you like to support this campaign? Please click on the link above to join in.

Are you planning your own wedding or naming ceremony?

As both an experienced Humanist Wedding and Naming Celebrant, and also a happy wedded bride, I can answer your questions to help you have a relaxing day. Please ask me your question by clicking on the comment “cloud” symbol below, or email to me at hfleighter@freeuk.com

I look forward to hearing from you!