Who I Am
Your ceremony is an incredibly special, once in a lifetime moment.
My name is Charisse, I am an Independent Celebrant and love what I am doing. Thank you for clicking on my details.
As your Celebrant, I will ensure that your ceremony will involve designing a unique and meaningful experience that reflects the personalities, values, and preferences of you as the individual, couple or families involved. I pride myself in tailoring each ceremony that is unique to you. I will ensure your experience is personalised, meaningful and heartfelt , unique with heart and soul!
Services
I am committed to equality and respect to all, regardless of age, ability, race, gender, religion or sexual orientation
Love knows no bounds
Civil Wedding Ceremony
Your wedding day is an incredibly special, once in a lifetime moment. You want it to be perfect. I will ensure you experience a totally personalised, meaningful and heartfelt ceremony that is unique and special. I am committed to complementing your special day with a professional, stylish service, whether traditional or informal, at a location of your choice. These ceremonies don’t replace your legal formalities but are designed to be a solution to many challenges, that modern families face.
Vow Renewal Ceremony
A renewal of vows ceremony can incorporate all the joy and excitement of a wedding ceremony, however is generally much more relaxed and is more a happy celebration of your love, lasting happiness, and commitment to each other. You can incorporate readings and ceremony rituals as you may have in your wedding ceremony, such as warming rings (if you plan of exchanging rings), lighting candles or a sand ceremony.
Naming Ceremony
Baby Naming ceremonies have no legal or religious requirements and parents can compile a ceremony as personalised and unique as they choose. Naming ceremonies may involve rituals: (i.e. Planting a tree, candle lighting, etc) We can work together to have a beautiful and meaningful ceremony, and nominate another family member or special friend to be seen as the other guiding role model.
Funerals
Saying goodbye to a loved one is an incredibly personal and meaningful event. It is important that you are able to commemorate their life in a way that feels right; a way that honours the beautiful life they led. You have the freedom to weave in anything you like to pay homage to your loved one, to create a cathartic celebration that perfectly encapsulates the memory of the person who has passed away..
Pet Funeral
While many people think of the pet funeral as a modern custom, people have memorialized their pets since ancient times. And while holding a pet funeral may not be for everyone, many experts believe that holding some type of ceremony or ritual can help us cope with the loss of a treasured animal friend. Your ceremony can be as simple a saying a few words or as elaborate as a human funeral. What’s right for you will depend on personal preference.
Angel Wing Ceremony
Once in a while children come into this world so special that the angels need these precious ones to light up the world from above. An angel in the book of life wrote down my baby's birth, then whispered as the angel shut the book… "too beautiful for Earth”. Every parent’s needs and wishes are different, and that is reflected in the ways that they choose to honor and remember their loss of their baby.
Fees
Civil Ceremony - £300
Together Is A Beautiful Place To Be
This includes:
- Meeting with you preferably with coffee or via zoom to discuss your big day (usually 2 meetings)
- Writing the Civil Ceremony script - Edits and Changes
- Delivering your Civil Ceremony - with optional sand, pebble, candle ceremony, hand tying, jumping the broom or sharing the Quaich (love sharing cup)
- Attending the rehearsal (if required)
- A presentation "keepsake" certificate and copy of your ceremony script
* Please note additional travel costs may be added depending on your ceremony location
Naming Ceremony - £250
"It takes avillage to raise a child" - African Proverb
This includes:
- Meeting with you preferably with coffee or via zoom to discuss your big day (usually 2 meetings)
- Writing the Naming Ceremony script - Edits and Changes
- Delivering your Naming Ceremony
- Attending the rehearsal (if required)
- A presentation "keepsake" certificate and copy of your ceremony script
* Please note additional travel costs may be added depending on your ceremony location
Funerals, Memorials, Angel Wing Ceremony, Pet Funeral & Pre-planned Funerals - £250
Celebrating a Life
- Each of us is born into this world by parents. Each of us knows how the birth and death cycle work but what about the time in between? That is your story.
- Discuss all aspects of the ceremony, including suitable music, and any poems or tributes that they may wish to have included
- The ceremony can be held in a funeral home, in your own home, in a hotel, at the crematorium or by the graveside, whatever seems most suitable.
- It will be an opportunity to remember, celebrate and reflect something of the essence of the unique individual that has died
- I will work with you to create a unique service for you and your family, the final approval of the service is yours
- Edits of the script are included in the price
* Please note additional travel costs may be added depending on your ceremony location
testimonial
Philisiwe Zuma
Civil Wedding Ceremony
Charisse, We are so grateful for everything you did for us to make our ceremony so perfect!! Thank you for stepping in an doing the flowers at the last minute . Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Not only was the ceremony elegant and professional, you made everyone feel so comfortable. We were lucky to have you officiate for us and have no hesitation in recommending you
Mitchi & Clint
Civil Wedding Ceremony
Charisse is a beautiful soul inside and out with a great sense of humour, and a vibrant, kind hearted, easy going way about her that makes anyone and everyone feel comfortable, which made what could be a daunting process enjoyable and stress free. I grew up knowing Charisse and felt extremely comfortable with her doing our ceremony. The ceremony and entire day couldn’t have gone any better, and we are truly grateful to Charisse for setting the tone in the ceremony and recommend her highly! Much love x
Warrick & Lara
Astrid Naming Ceremony
We can’t thank Charisse enough for the amazing work that she did in making our naming ceremony for Astrid totally custom to us. She never said that we should include this or include that, she just made it about Astrid & Us as a family unit! I would have absolutely no hesitation at all to recommend this beautiful human to anyone who needs anything ceremonial
Contact
If you would like to find out more about how I can help you have an unique ceremony filled with love, happiness and that reflects you, please fill out the contact form
Location:
Gilford, BT636HB
Email:
celebrantcharisse@gmail.com
Call:
+44 78 2763 7158