training courses for funeral advisers and funeral celebrants
green fuse funeral training
"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. The course was inspiring, thought provoking and challenging in a good way. I came away thinking. I could do this. An amazing experience!" Fiona Hughes. Wiltshire
Training Courses
Funeral Arranging & Advice 2010:
Feb 17-19, May 5-7, Jul 26-28, Nov 8-10
Funeral Celebrants:
Jan21-23&April23-24
Mar18-20&June18-19
May13-15&Sept10-11
July15-17&Oct15-16
funeral celebrant training
Helping a family devise and deliver a personal and memorable funeral ceremony is a rare gift. It is also a fascinating, fulfilling and challenging role.
More than ever there’s a need for independent funeral celebrants. The current main choices of a religious minister or humanist no longer cater for public demands.
This practical, informative, challenging and inspiring programme teaches you the skills and frame of mind you need to become an excellent funeral celebrant. We give you time for assignments and your own work and support you through your first five funerals. You’ll learn about working with newly bereaved families, what makes a good funeral ceremony, creating meaningful ritual, writing words for the opening, tribute, committal and closing, how to be a calm, sensitive and reassuring presence and how to weave the threads of a life into a colourful tapestry. You also receive training in 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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"Jane and Simon have an abundance of knowledge. Their experience as funeral directors and celebrants, and their individual educational and career backgrounds equip them to carry out the sharing of this knowledge to an exceptionally high standard."
Christine Parkes, Superintendent Registrar
If you are a professional working in end-of-life care, please refer to the website of the training charity the New Bereavement And Funeral Trust www.nbft.org.uk
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 the information and experience you need, it also enables you to explore your own feelings 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 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, ideas and get support and information. We also 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 programme is 3 days, a gap of 3 months for assignments, followed by a further 2 days. 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
