Your questions, answered

A celebrant is a person who performs ceremonies marking some of life’s biggest milestones, like births, weddings, vow renewals, gender affirmation and funerals. A celebrant can conduct ceremonies independently from any beliefs, but will happily incorporate religious or spiritual elements into the ceremony. You can choose where you would like the ceremony to be without restrictions, and a celebrant can perform traditional or contemporary ceremonies that are heartfelt, bespoke and meaningful – crafting your story of love and life’s events.

A registrar is employed by your local government and conducts legally binding marriage and civil partnership ceremonies, in your local register office or a building or space licensed for civil weddings. The ceremony, including the vows, must not contain any religious beliefs or phrases – which limits where you can have your ceremony, what you can say in your vows and whether you can include religious elements. If you choose a celebrant-led ceremony, you simply get the legalities done first. Jane can guide you through the process to make sure you’re not paying more than you need to.