Page the Celebrant

13/10/2025

Calling all friends who work in education. If you're free that evening, do sign up....it's free and will definitely equip you to better support your students who are going through a bereavement.

If you work in education please join us for this FREE workshop exploring how to effectively support bereaved students. Hosted by Healing Harbour on 19th November, between 5.30pm-8.00pm, we will be considering how our use of language and pastoral support are crucial to help children and young people with their loss. With grief education becoming part of the National Curriculum from September 2026, this workshop will provide you with an awareness of the importance of your role. Book now as places are limited!

06/10/2025

Calling all celebrant and FD friends. If you have a few hours free on Thursday morning, this would be a great way to spend them! I've been lucky enough to take part in Lorna's training sessions in the past and she's fab! Highly recommended for all those who work with young people experiencing loss and bereavement.

Due to a cancellation, there are now a couple of spaces available on this FREE training for Funeral Directors and Celebrants this Thursday (9th Oct ) hosted by Healing Harbour. Book now to secure your place!

18/09/2025

It was an honour to support my friend Lorna Vyse - Author and all the wonderful people who were part of the Baton of Hope relay yesterday afternoon around the fine city of Norwich. Raising awareness of such an important and emotive issue. Well done everyone!

17/09/2025

"There's no such thing as bad weather....just the wrong clothes". Although if your wedding day or the graveside burial of a loved one is on a mucky old day like today, I'm not sure you'd agree with that sentiment! As a professionally trained celebrant, one thing I always do is to work with the venue and my clients to ensure that we have a plan B for inclement weather, so your special event can go ahead regardless and still be every bit as meaningful as you want it to be.

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05/08/2025

What a start to the summer hols ..... First a fabulous reunion with the K block girls Rachel Marie Rach Fitzy Fitzgibbon Amanda Mills June Allen Niki Payne in the Cotswalds. So lovely to catch up with these beauties after such a long time, felt like we'd never been apart. We missed u Melissa Evans but we will organise another one very soon ❤️

Then Niki and I dashed up to Liverpool for a night (a small 9hr round trip!) to catch the launch of Tim Minchin's new album Time Machine...and this was really very special indeed. Having seen him perform live several times in massive auditoriums, it was a real treat to be so up close and personal with the great man in such an intimate venue. An unforgettable experience. ❤️

Then all the way back down to South Wales for the Bucafest ....the wedding of the year! 4 days of festival fun, laughter and friendship culminating in a beautiful sunset ceremony that I am so proud and privileged to have delivered for my lovely friends Samm Buca and Benji Buca.( Page the Celebrant) There are no words to explain just how magical this experience was. ❤️

Finished off with a quick visit to Dad's to see my nephews and to break up the long journey home .. and finally I'm back in Norfolk with a head full of wonderful memories, a heart full of love and a car full of washing! Time to sleep for a week now!

03/07/2025

A word about direct or unattended cremations. Whilst they are clearly much less expensive than a full funeral; please spare a thought for the loved ones who need to say goodbye. As a celebrant, I can offer families and friends the chance to do this by way of a celebration of life ceremony that can happen before or after a direct cremation has taken place. This is a very cost effective option that can happen anywhere....a garden, beach, pub, theatre...the list goes on. As humans we have observed rituals such as funerals for thousands of years, and I would go so far to say that we need them to help us process our grief and begin to move on with the new normal.

27/06/2025

We shared our new animation ‘Room for an elephant’ with our group for young people and asked them what people did that helped them in the grief (written in blue) and what didn’t help (written in red).

For more tips from young people on what can help when you’re grieving 👉childbereavementuk.org/az-tips

27/06/2025

Huge thank you to the fabulous Lorna Vyse - Author and Lucy from the wonderful Rosedale Funeral Homes for a fantastic day of training yesterday. I've been lucky enough to do Lorna's childhood bereavement training for Celebrants before and it was inspiring and very thought-provoking. Yesterday's course was designed for people working in schools and it was absolutely superb. Teacher friends in Norfolk and Suffolk - do look out for their next training offer, they are sooo worth it! Fantastic outreach work from Rosedale as ever, really taking the idea of Compassionate Communities to the next level.❤️

17/06/2025

Today I have my art teacher hat on! Absolutely loving the variety in my working life at the moment although I am beginning to feel a little like Mr Benn! (For anyone under 50 you might need to Google that rather dated reference!) My celebrancy career is still very much the priority when I'm not teaching or doing union stuff....so if you know anyone who needs a ceremony creating...whether that be a wedding, vow renewal, naming ceremony or funeral...please do point them in my direction.( www.pagethecelebrant.co.uk ) Thank you and have a lovely sunny day 🌞😎 x

06/06/2025

Childhood Bereavement Awareness school's training.
Rosedale Training are fully funding this training and we will provide course workbooks filled with useful tips, guidance, signposting and resources that can be used in all key stages.
If you would like to book your staff places, please do call Lucy Coote on 07753 299925 or email [email protected]

04/06/2025

03/06/2025

A brilliant cause...and a great way to get fit as well 👍🏻