WHAT WE DO


WHAT WE DO

The School of Funeral Celebrancy will prepare you for a career in one of this most interesting and fulfilling of occupations. You will come to understand:


The significance of a funeral service – funerals are as old as mankind and part of every civilisation and culture. Why? What do they mean? What do they offer?


How to support the bereaved – talking to those in shock and grief... the art of listening.


The essentials of an effective funeral service – finding the right tone and pace, checking the detail, planning the timing.


How to work with other funeral professionals – understanding your colleagues’ roles, supporting them and enhancing their service through yours.


What your responsibilities are – to bereaved families, to colleagues, to yourself.


The rewards and potential of funeral celebrancy as a career – from financial rewards, which are substantial for successful celebrants, to the reward of being appreciated by those you have helped through a time of bereavement. Flowers, cards, emails...you will be appreciated and not forgotten.


The need for effective marketing of your services – and how to get started. Do you need a website? Leaflets? Business cards? A social media presence...or does this most traditional of businesses work in traditional ways? Can writing a letter make an impact?


Finally, will this career be right for you? Before you decide to take a course with the School of Funeral Celebrancy, think hard. We can help you...

Consider the facts


As many people would agree, the world in which we live often has its priorities upside down. For instance, some of the most important occupations – including celebrancy – are unregulated. Anyone can set up as a celebrant. There are no official standards set, and however many certificates are issued, study courses completed or ‘qualifications’ achieved, ultimately, success starts and ends with you; your attitudes, abilities, priorities and talents.


Another fact about celebrancy is this. Many, many people train as funeral celebrants but it seems that only the most determined and committed ‘make the grade’ as professional celebrants. As a successful funeral celebrant you will get used to meeting the same colleagues at crematoriums and chapels, time and again. Why? Because funeral directors tend to rely on a ‘core’ of good people who have proved themselves dependable and are employed time and again.


In truth, to be a good celebrant – an outstanding celebrant – is very hard work! But while it is a demanding occupation, at the same time, celebrancy is probably one of the most emotionally rewarding careers on earth.


Financial rewards, for those willing to put in the hours and go the extra mile, are also considerable. Should you build a good reputation for care and reliability, you will do well. And most importantly, you will be in control...your own boss, able to accept or refuse work accordingly.

The career for you?

Anyone seeking to make a comfortable living without too much effort should look elsewhere. Celebrancy of any kind needs complete dedication, a genuine wish to help other people and a pleasure in doing so. It requires humility, empathy, an ability to really listen to others...it demands broad-mindedness, discretion and to put not too fine a point on it, a sense of honour.

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What you need to succeed

A word from our founder


Back in 2013, when I first started to seek work as a celebrant, no one asked to see my qualifications. No one asked me then and no one has asked since. My certificate has sat on the shelf, gathering dust. But from the outset, it gave me confidence to say that I’d completed a good training course...and it was an excellent course, and without it, I’d be nowhere. 


Good training and up-to-date insights will equip you to make the first move into this unusual and deeply satisfying career. No question.


Once you have completed your course with the School of Funeral Celebrancy, you will of course leave with evidence of your study and professional achievement. But never lose sight of the fact that ultimately, your own success is down to you and the most important ‘qualifications’ for this career: empathy, kindness, efficiency, dedication, integrity, emotional intelligence...cannot be ‘taught’. However. If you feel you have what it takes, The School of Funeral Celebrancy can help you hone you skills, understand the funeral profession and what is expected of you, learn how to talk to bereaved families and how to prepare a funeral service and, crucially, how to be noticed above the many other newly trained students who will be vying for attention and work.

Louise Yeoell.

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