Let me help you celebrate the unique life and character of your loved one with a beautiful and uplifting ceremony created just for them. Together we can ensure their story sparkles in a loving celebration full of warmth.
Or we can plan your own final farewell so we tell your story your way
and your life is beautifully remembered – just the way you want.
I am sorry if you have found my page at a time when you are coping with the loss of someone special to you.
Are you wondering how to give your loved one a funeral or celebration of life that’s perfect for them? Let me help. I would love to get to know your special person through listening to you so I can create a ceremony that honours their unique character and spirit.
Whether they should be remembered with down to earth words and humour, with poignant poetry and dignified language, with pomp and ceremony, or a blend in between, I would be honoured to tell their story and celebrate their life with warmth and compassion.
There are no limits on how we can celebrate someone’s precious life. Let me help you find the way that’s right for them and you!
Alternatively, you might want to take control of your own funeral or celebration of life ahead of time. We can plan it together so whenever the day comes, the most important story yet to be told – your own – is authentically yours and your life is beautifully remembered and celebrated.
Get in touch for a chat about how I can help you.
As a celebrant, I am here for the moments that matter. I create and deliver unique ceremonies designed to celebrate any meaningful life milestone, I specialise in funerals, celebrations of life, ashes scattering and interments.
I provide an alternative to the traditional funeral led by a priest or other religious figure.
I don’t just write the tribute (eulogy), I create and lead the whole service weaving together all the elements you want. In fact, I might not write the tribute at all if you choose to write it yourself. Or I can help you to write your own if you struggle to find the right words. Whatever you need to celebrate your loved one’s life meaningfully, I am here to help.
With a background in education, I can also support with a range of neurodivergent adaptations when we meet and for the service itself.
As an independent funeral celebrant, I can work with you to create the perfect service for your loved one. The ceremony will be unique – written just for them or you.
By working with me, you have complete freedom: your service may be without any reference to religion, or it can have special or spiritual elements that reflect your culture and heritage. I will adapt to what is right for you.
It can be in a traditional funeral location or somewhere else that is special to them or to you. Ask if you want ideas.
(A humanist celebrant has to follow the Humanist Society code for funerals. A vicar or other religious person has to follow their particular service or rituals.)
I have a rich experience having delivered over 200 funerals and celebrations of life and leading and supporting others through traumatic and difficult times. I am a member of the Fellowship of Professional Celebrants and trained by one of the first independent celebrants in the country – Terri Negus. I provide fully bespoke funeral and celebration of life services. See my Who am I page for more information
I am a funeral celebrant in South Yorkshire; I live in a village a few miles south of the city of Doncaster, but can easily reach wider areas:
I am also happy to discuss travelling further if you want my services. (I’m afraid I have to make a mileage charge when I go above 20 miles from home.)
“Beka was amazing; she hit the tone of the service perfectly, her words were put together perfectly and were very fitting for dad’s funeral. ”
“We were fortunate enough to have Beka as the celebrant at my mum’s funeral. The service she gave was just right. It was as though she knew mum. The story she told was not only articulate, but Beka managed to weave a little bit of magic into mum’s tribute too.”
“Beka was the best person to be celebrant at my father’s funeral. She spent time getting to know my dad and was able to listen and understand our family. She was compassionate, interested, professional and has a great sense of humour. She made all the hard parts easy.”
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Burial or cremation? Do you want to be planted into the earth or cremated into the wind and spread wherever you desire? This was a debate dad and I had in his last seven weeks
