Become an Extraordinary Celebrant
Master the art of ceremony and ritual, creative writing,
and vocal presence with world-class, heart-led training.
Master the art of ceremony and ritual, creative writing,
and vocal presence with world-class, heart-led training.
Welcome! We’re absolutely delighted that you’ve found us.
Do you want to build a thriving career doing deeply meaningful work?
We do not just teach you how to write and read scripts. We give you the skills, confidence, and professional mastery to craft unforgettable ceremonies, work confidently with clients and industry suppliers, and build a thriving business.
Our Promise: We issue certificates based on aptitude, not just attendance. This guarantees you graduate at the absolute highest professional standard in the industry.
Our learning outcomes and certification standards EXCEED what you’ll experience on any NOCN course.
If you want to be the best you can possibly be, for you and your future clients, then your journey starts here with Heart-led Celebrants, and your tutors: Veronika and Paul Robinson.
Veronika Robinson is a highly experienced working celebrant, now in her 32nd year of lived celebrancy, that is generously shared in her teaching classes. She has had the privilege of officiating in New Zealand, Australia and across the UK where she has written and led all manner of ceremonies, including weddings, handfastings, blessingways, namings, divorce healing, miscarriage memorial, conscious conception, funerals, memorials, interment of ashes, sagesse, menarche, and house blessings.
Veronika has a Masters Degree in Creative Writing from the University of Cumbria, and is an author (fiction and non-fiction), journalist, public speaker, workshop leader, mentor, retreat host, community interfaith minister, and metaphysician. Veronika has created the popular Celebrant Collection. These books include:
Write That Eulogy: The Art and Soul of Biographical Storytelling
Write That Love Story: A Wedding Celebrant’s Guide to Writing Compelling Narrative
The Successful Celebrant: Developing A Positive Mindset
The Blessingway: Create a Beautiful Blessingway Ceremony
The Discrimination-free Celebrant: Unravelling Your Prejudices and Biases
The Five Elements: A Celebrant’s Guide to Creating Beautiful Ceremonies
Funerals for Children: The Gentle Celebrant’s Guide
How To Make A Living As A Celebrant: Turn Your Curiosity, Creativity,
Celebration and Compassion Into a Vibrant Vocation
Books exclusive to Heart-led Celebrants-in-training include the hefty Heart-led Ceremonies; Guardians of the Threshold Study Guide; and workbooks.
She is honoured to be a celebrant for Gift of a Wedding, a charity which provides weddings for couples where one of them is terminally ill. Veronika founded/facilitated Penrith’s first Death Café to open up honest discussion around death and dying.
Veronika edited and published The Celebrant magazine (issues 1 to 13), an international publication to educate and inspire celebrants of all types and at all stages in their career. Back issues are available to our celebrants-in-training.
Paul Robinson’s whole career has been centred around his voice, and other people’s. He is highly experienced as a celebrant, trained actor, drama coach, voiceover artist, singer, broadcaster, compère, and ventriloquist. Paul is an excellent communicator and teacher, and has a sixth sense about how to relate to individuals, groups and audiences.
On our course, Paul shares insights and techniques on how to make the best of your personality, how to build your self-confidence, control any nerves you may have… and of course, your voice, your presentation skills and body language.
He will also look at how to engage with clients before a ceremony – and how to be the glue that holds any ceremony together. www.paulrobinsonvoicecoaching.co.uk
This may be taken as:
Accelerate your journey with THREE days of intimate, immersive LIVE coaching, in small classes, designed to give you instant feedback and confidence
This is followed by 12 weeks of independent study and completion of practical portfolios alongside mentoring sessions.
(This is a direct apprenticeship (one-to-one tutoring), and covers all rites of passage: bereavement ceremonies of all types, weddings and other bonding ceremonies, baby blessings and naming ceremonies for all ages, and many more human thresholds such as blessingways, career change, adoption, healing, conscious conception, graduation, etc.)
Starts with FIVE days of one-to-one tutoring (face-to-face training in Cumbria or Zoom)
This is followed by 18 weeks of independent study and completion of practical portfolios alongside mentoring sessions.
Certificate in Celebrancy
£1550
(May be paid in two equal instalments. Balance due no later than one month before training commences.)
Diploma in Advanced Celebrancy and Ritual
£2550
(May be paid in four equal instalments. Balance due no later than one month before training commences.)
There are a minimum of five to eight one-hour personalised one-to-one sessions of vocal, communication and presentation sessions included in your celebrant training.
A ceremony is where you bring all your learning and preparation into focus. It’s a moment of truth. Working with Paul – the voice and presentation coach – you’ll learn how to make the most of your voice as it is now, and how you can improve it. If you sound easy on the ear, you’ll connect with your clients and the people attending your ceremonies better than if it’s not. It’s a rare skill!
Even more importantly, you’ll find out how to communicate in a natural and meaningful way – from one to one, to a group of people. Without this ability, your other celebrant skills can’t flourish.
Paul will also guide you through what he calls the increments. These are the little things that aren’t hugely significant on their own, but when added will improve your presentation – online and in person. His aim is to help you be the best you can possibly be.
Our highly sought-after celebrant training is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Book your place today, to avoid disappointment.
You will learn:
Funerals, Memorials and Interment or Scattering of Ashes
Weddings, Pagan Handfastings and Vow Renewals
Naming Ceremonies
Our Diploma in Advanced Celebrancy and Ritual is a direct apprenticeship with Veronika and Paul Robinson. The learning outcomes for this course are as above, and also include any and all rites of passage, such as menarche, conscious conception ceremony, blessingways, miscarriage memorial, sagesse (wise crone), new business, divorce healing, parting of the ways, coming of age, inner child, and more. You will also create a comprehensive portfolio of bespoke rituals.

On your journey to certification, you have the option of further mentoring sessions with Veronika by Zoom while working on your practical portfolios.
Upon certification, Heart-led Celebrants can join our closed Facebook group and also take part in monthly group CPD sessions via Zoom with fellow Heart-led Celebrants.
We offer guaranteed LIFETIME TUTOR SUPPORT.
Certified celebrants have seven-days-a-week access to tutors throughout their celebrant career.

Applications are invited from people who are committed to developing awareness of self and others, willing to train to an excellent level, are creative, independent, inspirational, authentic and courageous, and wish to consciously create beautiful ceremonies in their community.
Unlike any other training course in England, this course is focused on the importance of ongoing personal development, and takes a mind, body and soul approach to celebrancy and ceremonies. We recognise the importance of ongoing skill building.
The foundation of this celebrant training, and the life of a Heart-led Celebrant, is based on integrity and self-awareness, acceptance and creativity.
Before committing to this course, please ensure that you have the time and availability to dedicate to your training.
Great training is a true partnership. Together, we will engage in honest, supportive, and deeply transformative conversations to help you unlock your full potential.
Our Promises to You
Your Commitment to Your Future Clients
Email the lead tutor: veronikarobinson@hotmail.com
Phone for an obligation-free chat: (01768) 898 748 or 07717 222 695
We practise discrimination-free celebrancy and celebrant training.
This means that we will not discriminate (or associate with those who discriminate) against you on the grounds of religion or other beliefs, disability, mental health, race, culture, gender, gender reassignment, age, marital or parental status. We honour the right of each human being to celebrate their life.
You have our assurance that we will accord you the respect you deserve.
~ Veronika and Paul Robinson