Jane Ide, Celebrant
honouring life, celebrating love
Unique celebrations and ceremonies, holding you at their heart.
Jane Ide, Celebrant
honouring life, celebrating love
Unique celebrations and ceremonies, holding you at their heart.
As a professional celebrant I create unique and truly personal ceremonies, celebrations, rites and rituals.
We all have moments in life when we stand at the door of a new chapter, welcome a new member of our family, or have to say farewell to someone we have loved. Those moments deserve to be marked in ways that are truly unique; where every word spoken comes from the heart and reflects your own special story.
Read on to find out more about how I can work with you to honour life and celebrate love in your own very special moment.
Transgender naming and transition ceremonies
Transgender naming and transition ceremonies
Transgender naming and transition ceremonies
This is the work that first motivated me to become a celebrant, and it is a joy and a privilege to play a small role in such an important moment in someone's life.
There are - of course - no rules about how to celebrate and mark such a special event.
You choose the time and the point along your transition journey that is meaningful for you (there may be more than one!)
You choose whether you want to unapologetically celebrate stepping into your true self - or whether you also want to find a way to honour and let go of the past.
You choose whether you want to have a massive party, a small and intimate ceremony with the people you love the most, or simply, with my support, undertake a ritual that is meaningful to you and for you only.
Whatever it is that makes your spirit sing, we can make happen together.
Weddings and vow renewals
Transgender naming and transition ceremonies
Transgender naming and transition ceremonies
The very special feature of having a celebrant-led wedding is that there are absolutely no restrictions on how, where or when you hold your ceremony. On the top of Mam Tor at dawn or in your own garden at sunset, in a grand hotel or in the place you had your first date - anything is possible.
And most importantly of all, every word of your ceremony will be crafted to say what you want to say, the way you want to say it, from your hearts. Every moment of the service will be as you choose it to be. You may have traditional elements you want to include. You may want to do something that is utterly unique to you and your relationship. Everything is possible.
If you want your marriage to have legal standing then, for now, you will also need to undergo a simple and very straightforward civil ceremony with a registrar - check out my FAQs for more information.
And if you are looking to mark a moment in your marriage with a vow renewal ceremony then I can help you make that a really special and meaningful occasion.
Adoption, baby and child naming, and blended family celebrations
Adoption, baby and child naming, and blended family celebrations
Adoption, baby and child naming, and blended family celebrations
Children arrive in families in lots of different ways and at many different points in life - and every one of those arrivals deserves to be celebrated and honoured by the people who will love, nurture and cherish them.
You may want to mark a new birth with a naming ceremony as a non-religious alternative to a traditional christening, or you may choose to wait until your child is older and can play an active part in the celebration.
If you are adopting a child then finding a way to mark that moment not only by celebrating their new life but by honouring their past - and yours - can be a powerful moment on the journey for your whole family.
And when two families come together, it can be a beautiful moment to create a shared celebrant-led ceremony, whether as part of the parents' wedding or as an entirely unique occasion.
Specialist funerals, bereavement and farewell rituals
Adoption, baby and child naming, and blended family celebrations
Adoption, baby and child naming, and blended family celebrations
Few of us realise just how much choice we have in planning the funeral for our loved one that most closely reflects the life of the person at its heart.
As a civil celebrant I specialise in working with families who want or need support to achieve exactly the funeral service they desire. That may be a woodland burial, or a simple cremation with a celebration of life at another time and place. It may be a funeral held in a local pub, in the family's garden or in the deceased's favourite beauty spot - all of these and more are possible.
I also work with those who are continuing to feel grief and loss long after the funeral has happened, helping them find a way to mark a moment of farewell that is entirely personal to them.
This can be particularly important when the death was sudden and unexpected, where the person that died had a young family now growing up without them or where, for whatever reason, the funeral did not bring closure for the bereaved.
