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    Claire was a joy from first to last and the feedback from our guests echoes this perfectly.

    Guy and Anna

    Thank you so much for the wonderful funeral you gave for my lovely D. It was beautifully done and everyone I spoke to (and there were quite a lot) commented on how well chosen and delivered it was. I think … Read More

    Audrey

    We wanted someone ‘woke’, fun and knowledgeable and you fit the bill 110%!

    Hannah and Sam

    Thank you once again for being an amazing celebrant. Everyone commented on how wonderful and personal our wedding celebration was. It was made so special by you.

    Pat and Sarah

    Once again Claire a very big thank you for helping us get through a difficult day. So many people described the service as the most moving they had ever been to.

    David

    Our guests commented it was the best ceremony they’d ever been to.

    Kerry and Ben

    Thank you for conducting such a moving & fitting service for P last week. It was a great celebration of her life, and your words & overall guiding of the event were perfect. I know she would have approved.

    Jason

    Thank you for such a professional and sensitive job you did in preparing for and delivering your role at my mother’s funeral on Monday. Almost every person at the service remarked on how heartfelt your words were. I completely agree … Read More

    Rich

    Claire Bradford helped make our wedding day very special. We live in Canada, so planning from afar had the potential to be difficult but Claire was patient, helpful and in the end delivered a wonderful wedding ceremony for us. She … Read More

    James and Tracy

    It was deep but not pompous; warm but not flippant.

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    I was kindly gifted these plants after a funeral I I was kindly gifted these plants after a funeral I conducted yesterday. The family had the great idea of making a coffin-top arrangement full of individual plants like these, which they curated beautifully onto a board they’d made to fit with a pretty border around it to keep all the plants in. After the ceremony, they gave out plants to everyone there to put into their gardens and remember M ❤️ 
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[Image description: Testimonial from MB - Claire Bradford of Creating Ceremony was the Celebrant who conducted “A Service of Celebration” to honour the love of my life my beloved wife S. Claire assisted my daughters and I in designing the ceremony and, of course, conducted the proceedings. She was absolutely terrific in every respect. Claire was kind, understanding, sensitive, thoughtful, compassionate, sympathetic and supportive. She very quickly fully appreciated what we wanted and she delivered a wonderful service of celebration.
Claire took time with us as a family, asking many questions about my wife, to really understand what a special person she was. She also fully encouraged and supported our daughter to have the confidence to read the Eulogy, being by her side and ready to support her should she have needed it.
Many members of our family and numerous friends have been very complimentary about the proceedings and clearly thought that the whole ceremony was very fitting and appropriate.
We are extremely grateful to Claire for what she did for us to ensure S had a memorable send off and we have no hesitation in strongly recommending Claire’s professional support to anyone.]
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    My awesome daughter is studying to be a nurse and My awesome daughter is studying to be a nurse and she told me recently about the ‘6 Cs’ of the NHS, which are a set of values for all health and social care staff, which underpins all that they do.
This reminded me of when I’d been asked to describe my company’s ethos when I entered The Wedding Industry Awards in 2018. Without knowing at all about the NHS’s 6 Cs, I had described 6 Cs of my very own! Although this was the first time I’d written them down in this way, I realised that these were the values that run through everything I do as a celebrant, like words through a stick of rock.
Here are my own 6 Cs (link in bio ☝).
[Image description - Text reading 'The Six Cs of Creating Ceremony' above a photo of red-haired celebrant Claire as she conducts a wedding ceremony]
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    Here’s the fabulous Damian doing his thang at th Here’s the fabulous Damian doing his thang at this year’s national finals of The Wedding Industry Awards. I’ve been geeking out about #twia for years now. Ever since my lovely friend @jennyrutterfordphotography told me about the awards when I was training to be a celebrant - how they were the best in the business with integrity and a level playing field for all entrants. Then when I entered for the first time in 2017 - there wasn’t even a celebrant category then but I loved every second of it and met @knightceremonies_celebrant @chloerosefilms @upwalthambarns and @djbrianmole (amongst others) at the awards night, who have been cherished colleagues ever since. Then 2018 - the first year there was a celebrant category - and the utter mindblowing moment of winning the regional and national titles… Fast forward to this week when I attended as a judge for the second year running, accompanied by my gorgeous daughter, and laughed, cheered, hugged and danced* all night with my wedding industry friends including the celebrant contingent @truetoyoucelebrancy @bohoceremonies @mirandathecelebrant @hazeltherainbowcelebrant @myperfectceremony and watched Miranda take the crown and carry the torch for our profession this year. 
What a night! Thank you so much, Damian and Anna, for all you do for the wedding industry. You put your heart and soul into these awards and it bloody well shows! You rock!!
*some of the time on stage with drag queens @theofficialglobegirls 😂 
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    🔊 Sound on to hear today's wedding reading of F 🔊 Sound on to hear today's wedding reading of From 'Beyond Words' by Frederick Buechner.
Could this be the perfect reading for your ceremony? 🧡
Claire x
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    My heart is full having spent the last few days in My heart is full having spent the last few days in sunny Spain with this gorgeous human 🥰 Although Natasha and I are ‘business wives’, running @celebrantscollective together for years, this was the first time we’d seen each other in real life since 2019! Missing her so badly already - Zoom’s great but not quite the same😂 
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[Image description: Testimonial from DWF - My stepfather, sister and I chose Claire to be the celebrant at my mother's funeral and she did an amazing job. She was so warm and compassionate with us as a family and we knew we were in safe hands. Claire was remarkably generous with her time; it was clearly important to her to get a deep sense of Mum. This paid dividends as relatives commented that it felt like Claire genuinely knew her. Claire couldn't have done more.]
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    If you are struggling to feel the right energy for If you are struggling to feel the right energy for getting started on your ceremony plans, it could be time to listen to your mammalian instincts. I’m not suggesting that you just go back to bed and eat chocolate until Spring – however attractive a prospect that may seem – but I've shared a few ideas to make nature and nurture work together for you in my latest blog post. 
8 Ways to Embrace Your Inner Caveperson, Beat the January Blues and Plan your Wedding without stress (link in bio☝).
[Image description - Text reading 'January blues and wedding planning' above a photo of a red-haired woman, snuggled under a soft fleecy blanket, holding a mug of tea]
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    🔊 Sound on to hear today's funeral reading of I 🔊 Sound on to hear today's funeral reading of In Time The Sun Does Rise Again by Beau Taplin.
Could this be the perfect reading for your ceremony? 🧡
Claire x
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