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Thoughts from a Celebrant Trainer

There are so many aspects to the role of a Heart-led Celebrant. Our celebrant-training students quickly realise, within a couple of hours of beginning their training with us, that this job goes way beyond standing up to speak for 20-30 minutes. Those ceremonies don’t just miraculously turn up on the lectern! A single funeral ceremony, […]

Our Celebrant-Training Promise

We welcome applications from people who are dedicated, devoted, disciplined, creative, willing to work hard yet with fun, flair and imagination, and are open to learning and best-practice celebrancy.  We don’t apologise for our approach. Why? Because people (for any rite of passage) only get one opportunity for their ceremony. It has to be right. […]

What To Expect On Our Celebrant Training Courses

Deciding which organisation or company to undertake your celebrant training with can be a daunting process. Many of our students said that they spent about two years looking around at all the options and it wasn’t until they found ours, Heart-led Celebrants, that they instinctively knew they’d found gold dust.   What I would say […]

The Celebrant’s Final Hurdle

Written by Paul Robinson, voice and presentation coach www.paulrobinsonvoicecoaching.co.uk   What would you say is the most import tool for a celebrant – their looks, their voice, or their communication skills? Try putting those things in order. I’d say it’s their communication first, voice second – and what was the other one? Oh yes!     […]

Boutique Celebrant Training

hi there, We’re Veronika and Paul Robinson, a husband and wife team who offer boutique celebrant training here in Cumbria.   Why boutique? Wikipedia explains: The word is French for “shop”, which derives ultimately from the Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη “storehouse”. And it is this ancient meaning which describes the potential gifts, skills and ‘ingredients’ we offer […]

Celebrant Training UK: our ethos

Here at Heart-led Celebrants, we chose our logo based on the simple fact that our work is heart led: therefore we offer a bouquet of hearts.   Fundamental to our practice as Heart-led Celebrants (and as tutors at Heart-led Ceremonies Celebrant Training) are three core values: Integrity, Acceptance and Creativity.   At every step of […]

Celebrant Training Tutors

Meet your celebrant-training tutors at Heart-led Celebrants: Veronika Robinson     Veronika Robinson is a highly experienced working celebrant with 27 years of experience (more than any other celebrant tutor in the UK) who has had the privilege of officiating in New Zealand, Australia and England where she has written and led all manner of […]

Train to be a celebrant in 2023

We are now accepting applications for celebrant training in 2023.   Train to be a celebrant with Veronika and Paul Robinson, who are experts in their field, and begin a wonderful new career/vocation being of service to people in your community. As your tutor, Paul offers comprehensive one-to-one voice and presentation coaching that will enable […]

Celebrant Training in Cumbria

The path to choosing the right celebrant-training course for you can be straightforward (that is, you make your choice based on cost, location, the real-life experience and reputation of the tutor/s or recommendation) or can be long and tiring (you search and search and none of the training companies you come across feel like ‘you’). […]

Writing Wonderful Eulogies: the art of storytelling

    At Heart-led Ceremonies Celebrant Training, we’re so excited to meet the new celebrants-in-training for 2023. From January 2023, we’re including another book in your training materials which will augment what you learn and experience in your one-to-one sessions with us.Alongside Heart-led Ceremonies and Guardians of the Threshold, we’re also including Veronika’s latest book […]