Nancy Braid
Location Covered
Nancy is based in Ayrshire and covers Argyll & Bute, Ayrshire, Dumfries & Galloway, East Renfrewshire & Renfrewshire, Edinburgh & Lothian, Glasgow City & East/West Dunbartonshire, North & South Lanarkshire, Scottish Borders & Stirlingshire.
Ceremonies
Weddings, Civil Partnerships, Vow Renewals, Baby Naming & Funeral Ceremonies
nancybraid@fuzeceremonies.co.uk
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"I became a Humanist Celebrant because involving family and friends can make the Ceremony such a personal, intimate, and memorable occasion".
Having worked in the hospitality industry for almost 30 years, Nancy commenced as trainee cook, whilst taking day release classes and evening classes to gain her qualifications.
She is known to follow her heart and moved to London to the “big city” to gain further knowledge in the catering and events industry, looking after events and groups of 500 upwards on a regular basis.
However, her love for Scotland was too strong and several years later she returned home.
Nancy's knowledge of events and managing them reach new heights when she embraced working with an outside catering and events company, a very fulfilling and satisfying job whilst it allowed her to travel throughout Scotland visiting some of Scotland's wonderful islands like Tiree, Coll, and Islay, and occasionally travelling South again to manage events for the British Open Golf Championships.
It also very much placed her at the forefront acting as Master of Ceremonies for many weddings and other prestigious events announcing in all guests plus the sometimes lengthy and interestingly titled top table guests.
Over the last few years though she has chosen to specialize in weddings, which in turn has found her becoming more and more interested in Humanist weddings; the intimacy and personal involvement of friends and family truly do make this a memorable occasion, of which she feels a wish to be part of ensuring that each couple has that unique memory to take with them for the rest of their lives.
"We had the pleasure of Nancy Braid being our celebrant. Honestly, we couldn’t have asked for more! Nancy was welcoming and easy to talk to from the first moment we met. We both felt at ease knowing that Nancy was there to ensure we knew what was required to legally get married which can be daunting but Nancy made it simple! Together we planned our dream ceremony that was personal and special to us with hand fasting, drinking from the quaich, and sand blending. Everyone commented on how personal our ceremony was and how much they all felt that Nancy was an amazing choice! I would recommend fuze and Nancy to anyone and everyone! We can’t thank you enough Nancy!" -Mr & Mrs McRae
"Nancy Braid from Fuze ceremonies went above and beyond for our special day. It was personal, romantic, and humorous all in one ceremony and just what we wanted. Nancy has been with us throughout the past few years postponing twice due to covid but delighted she could still be with us on our special day! Thank you so much Nancy!" -Lisa & Alex
"We were incredibly happy with Nancy who conducted our wedding ceremony for us in Dec 2021. From the start when we met her, she has kept us right about what paperwork we needed and when as well as giving lots of useful advice about tailoring the ceremony to our unique personalities. Despite some pandemic-related upheaval (cancellations etc,.) Nancy was very positive and helpful, making the whole experience less stressful for us. She helped us pick and customise our ceremony to the way we wanted it, taking on board every suggestion or changes we had. On the day, she was a calm and cheerful presence and we're very happy with our experience." -Siobhan
"I just wanted to say thank you very much for the lovely service you gave us on Saturday. Everyone has been talking and messaging us on how beautiful, how personal and how unique the service was. We had the most incredible day ever & can't thank you enough for the role you played in making it so special. Thanks again" -Debbie
"I would just like to thank you for the lovely ceremony on Saturday, a lot of people have commented to say how good and personal it was so thank you very much" -Gary
"We had a total of 3 meetings with Nancy prior to the wedding and each time she made us feel really comfortable which allowed us to speak honestly about what and how we wanted our 'ceremony' to run. You will agree this is not a lot of time to get to know couples but WOW what an amazing job she did with the content on the day. As well as carry off the ceremony perfectly, she also managed to calm the bride and also entertain our guests. She was so keen to make sure that we felt special on the day and she succeeded in every way. I cannot tell you how many guests commented on the beautiful service and complemented Nancy's ability as a Celebrant and lovely person both on the day and afterwards. Thank you Fuze for the introduction and the fantastic service." -Lorraine Doherty
"Just want to say a massive thank you! You were great and really helped make our day fantastic (and I appreciated your calmness very much!). Lots of people remarked how lovely the ceremony was and how good you were." -Kathy
Perfect ceremony"Could not recommend Nancy Braid at Fuze Ceremonies enough. From our first meeting with her she made us at ease and took time to get to know us to make our ceremony as personal to us as possible. Numerous guests mentioned to us how lovely the ceremony was and how Nancy conducted it. Would highly recommend"
