I have been a Humanist celebrant for nearly 30 years. I help families and couples create funerals, weddings
for both hetero and homo sexual couples, namings. I very much enjoy helping create ceremonies which reflect
just what is appropriate in each situation.
I created and conducted a mayoral ceremony for a long time colleague and a ceremony for a couple celebrating
thirty years of marriage who had first contacted me through their father's funeral. It is particularly rewarding
to do a number of ceremonies for the same family.
I conducted my first funeral on behalf of
Cornwall Humanists
in 1992 and It's now become a major part of my life. The privilege of being able to
help people through a traumatic stage in their lives gives me great satisfaction. Along with my colleague, Linnea Glynne-Rule,
I cover the whole of Cornwall and have ventured into Devon and Dorset.
It's a short, sideways step into wedding and baby naming ceremonies.
My first wedding was in 1997, as was my first gay affirmation.
My first naming in 1998. We are lucky in Cornwall. Many couples choose to have ceremonies
here as we have some beautiful, even
spectacular sites for such occasions. I have conducted
ceremonies in hotels, beaches, woods,
Carn Brea Monument, in the ruins of
Restormal Castle, a farm, a front
garden, a back garden, even in a cave. Also
in a number of Youth Hostels, some you can rent for a
week-end. Each and every one is unique.