Kay Hamilton - Bristol Wedding & Funeral Celebrant

Information For Kay Hamilton - Bristol Wedding & Funeral Celebrant

Warm, friendly, interested, enthusiastic & willing. Keen to listen to your story and then create and weave a ceremony just right for you both.

Originating from a Somerset town in the West Country, a move to Bristol to do my nurse training in 1979 was the beginning that led to this new adventure of becoming a Celebrant.
My intensive care nursing career led to taking a post, twenty-five years ago, as a Transplant Coordinator in a local Bristol hospital. This was the area of nursing for me! It felt just right and was an area of medicine that was still relatively new, developing rapidly and progressive. Speaking at conferences was a regular occurrence... and i loved sharing knowledge, ideas and forward plans.
This feeling lasted until retirement three years ago. I then fulfilled a long term dream of qualifying as a wedding and funeral celebrant with the United Kingdom Society of Celebrants. Since then, a return to nursing to help with the local mass vaccination programme has taken my life to a new direction, but which enables concentration on Celebrant work as a main priority.
Enough of the nursing history……
Nature is a big inspiration for me and
Being outside in nature is a calming, uplifting and vital part of my life. And this personally means there is no better way to enjoy the elements and Mother Earth’s offerings than to get in a Cornish Pilot Gig boat and row on the sea or the beautiful Bristol Harbour. A local club has been an extremely precious find and to be able to be an active, involved member is a real treat. Trips to regattas around the West Country and meeting up with old and new friends, whilst getting exercise and fresh air brings a feeling like no other. The challenges rowing creates are tough, but good fun and really brings home the true meaning of teamwork. The essence of a good outcome in all areas of life….
Outdoor ceremonies are my favourite and luckily these have formed the majority of the ceremonies I have done for couples so far. Farms with wellies, rain, cows and accompanying hazards... barns with leaky rooves, teepees decked in homegrown wildflowers especially for the occasion. Having said that, Bristol is blessed with fabulous places to have a wedding ceremony - old churches made good with fabulous interiors, woodlands, open spaces, fantastic iconic views from many places.... we are truly lucky. The choice is enormous and there is always something to suit every couple wanting a ceremony that is perfect for them.
To meet new people is an experience I thrive off. Getting to know them and their stories of life which brought them to where they are now is so fascinating. Listening to these stories and recreating them in a ceremony will be an absolute honour and exciting challenge that will be taken on with great relish. The experience and skills acquired from previous life roles, will help me be able to offer a personalised ceremony that will be just the ticket.

Together we can create and develop a unique, tailored, bespoke ceremony that is exactly right for yourselves, the occasion and the people involved. We can devise a ceremony that is perfect in every way, reflecting the involved character/s lives, hopes, dreams and experiences.

Everyone loves a good story - so let's tell it together in a way that can be uplifting without losing respect, if a funeral, or in a light-hearted way if a family celebration ceremony- whatever or however you wish it to be.

Kay Hamilton - Bristol Wedding & Funeral Celebrant at a Glance

Price Range

£350 - £550

Bespoke - a ceremony created with you, for you, in the way you want- whether it be serious, light hearted or a mix of both. This is your day, your way. Readings, poems, vows, ring exchange, hand fasting, jumping brooms or garden spades- we can do it! Personalised ceremony written with the two of you, in the way you want it to be. Your story, your words, your day. Ideas aplenty and we can be as creative as you wish. Tell me your stories ... from first meeting to where we are today.... Exciting! If there are loved ones, friends, blended family members or others that you wish to be part of the ceremony there are many beautiful ways to be sure that everyone is included in the ceremony. Unity candle lighting, wine or sand ceremonies- its your day.. This will be one of the most important days of your lives- if not THE most important day of all time. Lets make it as memorable as possible. Fun words, readings, stories and different elements draw everyone together to create the most special memories. Together we can be as creative or as traditional as you want this ceremony to be. We can meet and share ideas, sort them and eventually arrive at a ceremony that will be perfect for you two. Outside, inside, nature inspired, theme related... all welcome! Be assured - full committment will be given to you both and the ceremony from the start. Your wishes and wants, ideas, thoughts and words will all weave into a day and ceremony to remember. Let's start..............

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