training courses for funeral advisers and funeral celebrants
green fuse funeral training academy
"What can I say!? Thank you so much Jane and Simon. You have done a great job. My first funeral as a celebrant, and even the crem phoned to say thanks and what a good job it was, professional to the tiniest detail. That's a tribute to you and the thoroughness of your training. Most important was the family. They had a funeral that they felt really honoured their son and his life. To have helped in a small way to deal with this horrendous tragedy was a privilege. This is absolutely the most amazing, profound and meaningful job I have ever done."A.Ward
Training Courses
Funeral Arranging & Advice 2010:
Jul 26-28, Nov 10-12, Mar 2-4 2011
Funeral Celebrants:
July15-17 & Oct15-16
Sept16-18 & Dec10-11
Nov25-27 & Feb18-19
Jan13-15 & April15-16
Mar17-19 & Jun17-18
the funeral celebrant's diploma
Helping a family devise and deliver a personal and memorable funeral ceremony is a rare gift and a growing need. It is also a fascinating, fulfilling and challenging role. To do it as well as you can, you need an excellent and comprehensive training before you start.
This practical, informative and inspiring diploma programme teaches you the skills and experience you need to become an excellent funeral celebrant. We build in time for assignments and your own work, vital to feeling confident and grounding the learnings. We support you through your first five funerals, so you are not alone.
You’ll learn about working with newly bereaved families, what makes a good funeral ceremony, creating meaningful ritual, writing words to weave the threads of a life into a colourful tapestry, words for the opening, tribute, committal and closing, how to be a calm, sensitive and reassuring presence, and presentation and voice skills from a trained actor and singer. Download our funeral celebrant training brochure.
"Thank you for a really superb three days. Having spent the past thirty years organising and running groups I think I am pretty much an expert. Your course, its content, structure and, of course, the superb food, is truly exceptional and I found it faultless. You held the group wonderfully. I feel extremely privileged to be working and learning with you." Stella West-Harling
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"I found the celebrant training so very human. Jane and Simon foster the growth of each individual’s own way of working, in an environment of honesty, openness and trust. I felt safe to reach beyond my boundaries. I came away thinking ‘I could do this’"
Fiona Hughes. Wiltshire.
taking care
During the training we aim to give you the care and attention we want you to give to families. Run in beautiful Devon countryside and woodland, this course not only teaches you, it also enables you to explore your own feelings around the work and around loss. We provide home-cooked food, time for discussion and a supportive environment to make this an excellent learning experience using a range of methods and practice. You receive a resource pack of a 100-page manual and our unique anthology of words, readings and poetry.
green fuse network
Once you begin the training you can join our lively network of all those who have trained with green fuse, to swap experiences and ideas and to get support and information. We market green fuse trained independent funeral celebrants direct to funeral directors and the public, so although you’ll be running your own business you won’t be doing it alone.
come and join us
The diploma programme is 3 days together, then 3 months’ distance learning, followed by a further 2 days and supervision for your first five funerals. You can book a course by filling in the application form in the prospectus, or email or phone us and we’ll send you one. green fuse founders Jane Morrell and Simon Smith, are the principal facilitators, with help from actor Pete Joscelyn and singer and celebrant Basira Ward Davies. The training investment is just £1,150, payable in four instalments over the time of the training.
"I have been delighted to find a celebrant course which combines a professional quality and knowledge and experience I can trust, with an approach which fosters pioneering creativity for the professional and the bereaved. In fact the commitment to empower the bereaved at this difficult time is reassuringly a key theme throughout. I do believe that I have had fantastic good fortune to find this course!" Caragh Walsh. Norwich.
green fuse funeral centre - 7 High Street, Totnes TQ9 5NN
01803 840779
