funeral ceremonies and celebrants for Totnes, Torquay, Exeter, Plymouth, Devon
green fuse funeral celebrants
Jane Morrell
Jane founded green fuse in 1999 with a vision to use the beauty and ancient meaning of the flower to bring people into ceremony and ritual at important times of their lives. After training and practicing as a registered nurse she pursued her deep love of nature through a career in horticulture with the National Trust.
Her own experience of being stopped from going to her own father's funeral when she was ten and the subsequent silence concerning his death gave Jane an interest in marking life's passage through ceremony. She trained in Psychosynthesis Psychotherapy in the 1990s and in ritual and celebrancy with Welfare State International in 2003-2004.
Jane's manner is warm and sympathetic. She brings a strong sense of love, spirit and ritual to the ceremonies she conducts.
green fuse trained funeral celebrants
We are building a network of independent celebrants trained by green fuse across the UK. They have been through the most extensive training covering what makes a good funeral ceremony and ritual, working sensitively with newly bereaved families, structuring and writing ceremonies and eulogies, encouraging family participation and presentation and speaking skills. They will ensure each family has exactly the ceremony they want, one full of character, because every one is different.
Simon Smith
Simon has long held an interest in how people overcome life's difficulties and move on to a sense of personal choice and freedom. He is an author on this subject and trained in Psychosynthesis Psychotherapy in the 1990s. He also practices as a trainer coach and counsellor.
Simon experienced the importance and power of funerals when his wife died in her early 40s. Having successfully created a funeral which spoke to both her elderly parents and the younger generation of friends, he felt at first hand the incredible healing power of the funeral ceremony and how a well-chosen reading and heartfelt, honest assessment of a person's life can transform the ceremony and deepen everyone's understanding of and connection to the person.
Simon is trained in public performance and speaking as well as ceremonies. Passionate about words, music and poetry, he brings to his ceremonies eloquence, a gentle informality and he creates a safe place to express feelings.
Please contact us on 01803 840779
Visit green fuse funeral centre - 7 High Street, Totnes TQ9 5NN.
Jonathan Taylor
In 2002, a family friend asked Jonathan to conduct a funeral for her son-in-law. With no experience, he took up the task quite naturally. He then trained with the British Humanist Association, and now conducts funerals professionally. His natural ability with the bereaved prompted him to train as a support volunteer for Cruse bereavement services, which has also informed the way he composes funeral ceremonies to be a meaningful beginning on the journey through grieving. He has also trained in funeral advice and celebrancy with green fuse
Jonathan has a deep understanding of the instinctive need to represent the person who has died faithfully in order to hold a successful ceremony. He spends time with the family to discover the personality of the one who has died, and creates a ceremony that is entirely composed of an accurate tribute, without recourse to pre-composed text. He encourages family and friends to speak of the person who died. Each funeral is unique, and gives room for every person present to exercise their own grieving style around an appreciation of who and what has been lost.