Sue Dearman Celebrant

21/08/2025

Introducing another of our fabulous speakers for 18th October - Michelle Taylor

Michelle is an award winning Celebrant who also trains Celebrants for the FPC. She is a Judge for the Wedding Business Awards and participates in and trains in other very relevant areas of Celebrancy. She will have many relevant things to share with all of us in areas we would know about but may not have thought about or know how to tackle.

Michelle will bring her own special energy to our day and send us away better people as well as celebrants!

Tickets selling fast now so don't leave to the last minute!!
https://buytickets.at/agatheringofcelebrants/1608981

15/08/2025

Very grateful to John Adams for taking time out of his busy schedule to join us for our Gathering on 18th October.

John is an educator, campaigner, funeral director, author and past present of NAFD. John is a tireless campaigner for Bereavement education for children and we urge all of you to listen to his podcast Death: A Changing Industry.

Get your questions ready because John will also be taking part in our Q & A panel.

https://buytickets.at/agatheringofcelebrants/1608981

12/08/2025

Introducing another of our fabulous speakers for 18th October -

Becca is the UK’s leading wedding industry marketing expert, who will bring a huge amount to you wedding celebrants during our day.

She will send you away enthused and ready to up your game and fill your diary full of dates with happy couples.

For the funeral celebrants among us we can gain a lot of knowledge from how to use social media effectively and make the connections we need to get work with our communities.

Hope to see you all there!!

08/08/2025

So excited to start telling you more about our speakers for October and we are going to begin with Rebecca Waldron of

Many of you will know Bex Waldron from her time tutoring and training Celebrants. She is an amazing educator: inspiring, enthusiastic, encouraging and supportive. But, believe it or not there is even more to her than that!

With over a decade of experience as a celebrant and with two national awards under her belt, there is not much that Bex can't tell us about being a celebrant. BUT one of the reasons she is such a successful celebrant is because, like many of us, she already brings a wealth of experience from her past working life.

Bex has an impressive C.V. built on her roles in HR in major UK companies, alongside training personnel and lecturing in business. She is Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development so we can think of no-one better to open our day on the 18th October.

Bex will talk business and strategy that will be applicable to all of us. She will also bring her usual flair, style and enthusiasm that will unpin our motto - Inspire - Connect - Grow

P.S. She is also co-organiser of this event!

08/08/2025

In case you hadn't figured it out by now, there is a great event coming up for all Celebrants. If you are not following on - then join the group now and get all the latest updates.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/602077125778313
and on instagram

This is a Celebrant led event - for all the celebrants out there I put this together because I had so many questions that the average sector-led conference just doesn't ask or address, I hope you will come along and ask yours!!

https://buytickets.at/agatheringofcelebrants/1608981

A Celebrants' Gathering: Inspire, Connect and Grow - will take place at Malmaison Hotel Birmingham on Saturday 18th October.  T...

07/08/2025

Hello all you lovely people.

We would like to formally announce the speakers for the 18th October so please see the poster below.

We will be telling you more about the speakers over the next few days: who they are (if you don't know them) and what they will bring to our day. There may be a few added bonuses to this line up but shhh!

05/08/2025

Calling all Celebrants. Join us at A Celebrants' Gathering on Saturday 18th October. Ticket link below.

https://buytickets.at/agatheringofcelebrants/1608981

28/06/2025

We warmly invite everyone to gather in remembrance at the Town Memorial Service, taking place on:

🗓️ Sunday, 6 July 2025
🕒 15:00 – 16:00
📍 St Mary and St Peter’s Church (St Mary’s), Crown Street, Bury St Edmunds

Led by clergy from across our town, including Revd Canon Tiffer Robinson, this service—supported by Churches Together in Bury St Edmunds and the local funeral directors—is a special opportunity to remember loved ones who are no longer with us
During the service:

Names of those who have passed will be read aloud.

Candles will be lit in their memory.

All bereaved families—of any denomination or none—are welcome to attend.

If you’d like a name to be included in the service, please contact us on FB message, email [email protected], or call 01284 723 889

Let’s come together as a compassionate community—to remember, and to find comfort in reflection.

28/06/2025

The wonderful Katie Costello - Soul Midwife and Funeral Celebrant will be part of our line up on the 18th October. Katie is truly inspirational and uplifting and we can’t wait to welcome her to our event.

19/06/2025

I am pleased to announce we will be launching our new bereavement support group for children.
The Rainbow Tree will be holding its first meeting, more a taster session for parents, guardians, carers, schools or any professionals looking for support for a child. If this is of interest join us at The Cow Shed, Place Farm, Old Bury Road, Stuston, IP21 4AD on Saturday 12th July 10am to 12 noon. Regular meetings will be held once a month on the last Saturday of the month facilitated by Lucy Day, Human Givens Psychotherapist, myself and my colleague Louise Wiseman. If you would like to know more please contact us (details on poster)

15/06/2025

Father’s Day is a tough day for many who for lots of reasons are unable to be with their fathers this year and a difficult day for fathers unable to be with their children.

It may be due to death, distance or a dissolved relationship. We feel it is important for everyone to have a space to pay tribute.

Please visit our websites tribute page to leave a special message:
https://rosedalefuneralhome.co.uk/remembrances/fathers-day/

14/06/2025

There are many weeks raising awareness, but as funeral directors, we thought discussing Loneliness Awareness Week might be more appropriate.