Meet Celebrant Trainer Nicky
Hello, I’m Nicky, (She/Her) I live with my partner and our 2 Border Collies just outside Glastonbury, in sight of Glastonbury Tor.
Hello, I’m Nicky, (She/Her) I live with my partner and our 2 Border Collies just outside Glastonbury, in sight of Glastonbury Tor.
I am an experienced Funeral Celebrant who has led 100’s of ceremonies, I am also a Funeral Director, a Funeral Planner and a Certified Grief Coach.
I have been training and mentoring celebrants for over 4 years now and to be able to teach, help and support others within the funeral industry is rewarding and a positive experience. The funeral industry is changing quickly and funerals as we knew them have transformed into personal celebrations of life.
The funerals I have created and led have all been different. Traditional funerals, life centred celebrations, alternative funerals and life style celebrations. I have led many wedding ceremonies, but I prefer funerals.
Why I Prefer Funerals
Being able to help people after the death of their loved one is important to me. This is why I prefer funerals. Funerals are celebrations of a life, and an opportunity to say goodbye. Dealing with grief and coping with its many varying forms are why I trained to become a certified Grief Coach.
When we meet people to gather information from them to write a funeral ceremony, each time it will be different. The satisfaction of knowing you have helped people to celebrate the life of their person by creating a meaningful and personalised goodbye is hugely rewarding.
I have led ceremonies in crematoriums, natural burial grounds, graveyards, village halls, pub function rooms, clients’ homes, and gardens, in fields and in a tent. Ceremonies are no longer resigned to being held in crematoriums or churches.
One of the many facets of a funeral celebrant includes making suggestions fitting for each person we create a ceremony for; informing people they do have choices and voices. They do not have to follow the traditions of the past; they can have a personalised ceremony which will help them to celebrate the life of their loved one, and help them to grieve.
You are the Future of Celebrancy
We need a new generation of celebrants who are forward thinking and progressive. Funerals are essential for the grieving process and funerals are for the living, but about those who have died. The funeral industry is still based on Christian Victorian aesthetics and mourning; this doesn’t resonate with our diverse society.
As a Celebrant Trainer, I want to help you become part of the next generation of celebrants. Together, we will make you an exceptional funeral celebrant of the present and the future, not a follow of the past. Listening, writing, speaking and research skills are required as are determination and empathy.
