Better Goodbyes: Funeral Celebrant Training

A Quiet Revolution

Weekend workshop. All you need to begin a new vocation as a funeral celebrant.

Kinning Park Complex

If you're interested in training and we're sold out, email us to get on the mailing list for next time. team@aquietrevolution.org

<h1>HELP OTHERS GET A BETTER GOODBYE</h1><h3>1 week in-person workshop, training and ongoing support </h3><ul><li>craft and shape a funeral ceremony</li><li>lead a funeral</li><li>become a celebrant</li></ul><p><br></p>

<h2>What you'll get out of the course</h2><ul><li>Learn about <strong><strong>ritual </strong></strong>in society and the role of a funeral</li><li>Learn about the <strong><strong>rules and options </strong></strong>for funerals</li><li>Understand how to <strong><strong>bring a character to life</strong></strong></li><li><strong><strong>Co-create ceremony</strong></strong> with families</li><li><strong><strong>Craft a ritual </strong></strong>with confidence</li><li>Practice <strong><strong>delivering a ceremony</strong></strong></li><li>Learn how to <strong><strong>shift</strong></strong> <strong><strong>atmosphere</strong></strong> in a ceremony</li><li>Learn how to work with families to <strong><strong>co-create</strong></strong> a funeral.</li><li><strong><strong>Skills, tips and resources </strong></strong>for crafting scripts for very different scenarios.</li></ul><p>On completion of the course, there’s potential to join our supportive network of celebrants.</p><p><br></p><h2>Is this the course for you?</h2><h3>This course is perfect if you are:</h3><ul><li>a good listener: empathic and open to difference</li><li>a good communicator: written, spoken, unsaid</li><li>able to present well</li><li>good at building meaningful relationships</li><li>person-centred</li><li>share our Humanist values. (Not sure? Do the <a href="https://humanists.uk/humanism/how-humanist-are-you/" title="https://humanists.uk/humanism/how-humanist-are-you/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">quiz</a>.)</li><li> want to learn more about funeral celebrancy and join a network of likeminded Humanist celebrants</li></ul><p><br></p><h2>Course Costs</h2><p>The cost of training is £1250 , with a £250 non-refundable deposit to book.</p><p><br></p><h2>Admission Criteria</h2><p>A Quiet Revolution is a Humanist charity. We are keen to grow our network of Humanist Celebrants. <a href="https://www.aquietrevolution.org/contact-us" title="https://www.aquietrevolution.org/contact-us" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Email </a>us to book a short telephone interview and find out if you qualify to join us. </p>

<h1>ABOUT THE COURSE LEADERS</h1><p>The course leaders will work together as a team over the week of learning.</p><p>All are celebrants affiliated to the charity, <a href="https://www.aquietrevolution.org" title="https://www.aquietrevolution.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">A Quiet Revolution</a>. Between them, the 3 have decades of experience leading, designing, crafting, holding, connecting, presenting.</p>

<h2>Barbara Chalmers </h2><p><a href="https://onlyhumanltd.co.uk/celebrancy" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Barbara</a> is Founder/CEO of A Quiet Revolution. She is currently leading a creative team to develop a film about the ‘herstory’ of women’s samba in Scotland for the charity. </p><p>She is a consultant, creative producer, social entrepreneur and celebrant. She works with clients in the arts, public sector and third sector bringing skills in strategy, planning, service design, user experience and ethnography to develop business. She is a Director of DGUnlimited, the south west of Scotland’s arts network.</p><p>Barbara has a double award-winning Masters in Design Innovation from Glasgow School of Art, focussing her outputs on transforming 21st Century Funerals. She innovated the UK’s first platform for end-of-life planning, Final Fling, introduced the first death cafes to Scotland and is a qualified Funeral Director. She is a Director of Caledonian Funeral Aid, Scotland’s only not-for-profit Funeral Director. She is qualified in Counselling Skills, Life Coaching and Executive Coaching.</p><p></p><h2>Yva McKerlich</h2><p><a href="https://www.afterwords.co.uk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Yva</a>  comes from a background in language and literature and is passionate about the telling of stories in our milestone moments. Having worked for 15 years in the education sector as an English Teacher and Teaching Mentor, Yva now applies her skills in a full time Celebrant role and, having conducted over 700 ceremonies to date, has extensive experience in end of life storytelling. Her path to Celebrancy began with personal experience of leading a family funeral and she believes absolutely that the right words at the right time can create rituals with meaning and with joy. </p><p>Yva’s experience as a volunteer Chaplain with the Marie Curie Hospice Team has given her an important insight into end of life planning and the importance of ownership in ceremonies to celebrate a life. Having worked with people from all walks of life, Yva strives to empower people to embrace the richness in their own stories and create funerals which truly celebrate life’s journeys.</p><p></p><h2>Jude Williams</h2><p><a href="http://www.judithwilliams.me" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jude</a> says - I’m an independent performing artist and celebrant with A Quiet Revolution.  Creative director of The Letter J, vocal and creative coach - facilitating workshops in many spheres - inviting folks to show up in their voice, body and bodies of work.  My work is rooted in a love of life’s wild beauty - relationships, connections, community and transformation. </p><p>My journey with celebrancy began [as it often does] when death came calling - losing loved ones in quick succession. Wishing to become part of the answer to these questions - how can we do death better? Where’s the loving line in storytelling to honour those gone and those going on? What's the rightful intersection of tone, atmosphere, performance, and ritual? How can I bring my creative/collaborative experience to the funeral space? How may standing closer to the reality of death invite us to be kinder in life? </p>

<p>A Quiet Revolution, Scottish charity SC046655</p><p><strong>Changing the world one ceremony at a time | Promoting creative ageing</strong></p><h3>Think outside your own box. Pay it Forward for someone else's funeral. Donate £20 today on <a href="https://www.givey.com/aquietrevolution" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Givey</a>.</h3>

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