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Celebrant Training
Foundation Certificate in Funeral Celebrancy
This training course is designed for anyone who is interested in understanding about the role of a celebrant, the process of the funeral service, and in helping people in a very difficult time of need to personalise and design a beautiful and fitting end of life ceremony for their loved one.

Space for this increasingly popular training is limited to 10 delegates per course, so early booking is recommended

6 new celebrants, having completed the Foundation in Funeral Celebrancy Training Course, February 2009

Next training courses for Funeral Celebrants Worthing, West Sussex

Monday 4th - Wednesday 6th October 2010

The 3 DAY course will cover all aspects of Funeral Celebrancy, including:

Bullet Point Helping families in Grief
Bullet Point Family Meetings
Bullet Point Service Planning
Bullet Point Music/Poetry/Reading Resources
Bullet Point Eulogy Writing
Bullet Point Presentation Skills
Bullet Point What to do on the day, and how to conduct a funeral.
Bullet Point The working of Crematoria and Cemeteries
Bullet Point How to market yourself to funeral directors and to the public.
Bullet Point Course fee £750 includes refreshments and buffet lunch.

The course fee does not include accomodation, but there are plenty of Hotels and Bed & Breakfasts close by.

Next training courses for Funeral Celebrants in the north of England

Location, Lancaster in the north east of England
15th to 17th September 2010
Please contact Neil on 07752 212067 or neil@bespokecivilceremonies.co.uk for more information

Course Leaders

Terri Shanks

Terri trained as a Celebrant with Carole Poole who was then the UK President of the Australian based 'International Federation of Celebrants'. She has subsequently built up a very successful business working as a Celebrant throughout Sussex. In May 2007 she went to Oklahoma, USA to study at the In-Sight Institute with Doug Manning, (an author of over 30 books, a world leading lecturer in the field of understanding bereavement & grief, and trainer of over 1000 Celebrants throughout America) Terri was also fortunate to attend the first ever International Convention of Independent Celebrants in Oklahoma, where she was invited to speak to Celebrants from throughout the USA, Canada and New Zealand.

Terri now uses her wealth of knowledge and experience to train other Celebrants not only from the UK, but from other countries throughout the world too.

For further information please contact Terri Shanks
Telephone:

Email:

 01903 602795

info@sussexcelebrant.co.uk

Neil Dorward

Neil Dorward has worked in the world of training, learning and development for over 17 years within education, the health service and the manufacturing industry. He is a CIPD Graduate with a Masters level Diploma in HRM and has CIPD training qualifications. He was one of the first people in the UK to gain a Diploma in Funeral Celebrancy from the highly regarded International College of Celebrancy in Australia and has recently been granted license to facilitate this diploma within the UK.

In 2005, Neil became the first full time Civil Funeral Celebrant in Scotland and established the leading celebrancy company in Scotland called Bespoke Civil Ceremonies. He has created his own training course for prospective celebrants and has set the standards of excellence for funeral celebrants in Scotland.

He is a full member of the prestigious Professional Speakers Association and is regularly invited to deliver keynote addresses to the business world on the subjects of legacy, funerals and death. He has several articles published in America and the UK and has just published his first book on how to be a passionate and effective speaker at a at a funeral.
Telephone:

Email:

 01259 781280

neil@bespokecivilceremonies.co.uk