Making Time Count I’m Julie Murray, a Humanist Celebrant based in Broughty Ferry, proudly part of Fuze Ceremonies and The Fuze Foundation. In December 2024, I was asked by a local funeral director, William Purves Funeral Director, Broughty Ferry, to conduct a celebration of life ceremony for a young woman, Joana Knowlton, aged just 35 years. Little...
The Fuze Foundation Announces Partnership with Funeral Link Dundee The Fuze Foundation is proud to announce a meaningful new partnership with Funeral Link, an amazing Dundee-based charity committed to supporting bereaved families facing financial hardship. This collaboration will see The Fuze Foundation providing a mix of free and low cost celebrant services to families supported...
By Katy Smith, Celebrant with Fuze Ceremonies & The Fuze Foundation During our Fuze Foundation month of Remembrance, I’ve been reflecting on the importance of the connections that bring us comfort, particularly the quiet, constant companionship of our pets. With November’s Remembrance Day and the ‘To Absent Friends’ festival alongside us, it’s fitting time to...
By Katy Smith, Celebrant with Fuze Ceremonies & The Fuze Foundation Introduction We’ve all experienced a range of funeral ceremonies, from the profoundly moving to the disappointingly impersonal. It’s crucial that a funeral script genuinely reflects the life of the deceased, capturing their essence in a way that resonates with their loved ones. A well-crafted funeral...
By Josephine King, Celebrant with Fuze Ceremonies & The Fuze Foundation Since qualifying as a Celebrant with the UK Celebrant & Public Speaking Academy (UKCAPSA) in 2021 and subsequently joining Fuze Ceremonies as a Celebrant, I have been drawn to conducting funerals, and learning about many other aspects of the end of life. I have...
The Fuze Foundation & Caledonia Funeral Aid In establishing the not-for-profit Fuze Foundation in 2012, we have continually aimed to tackle the growing epidemic of funeral poverty head on and have provided hundreds of funeral, and other ceremony types, free of charge for those in need and financially stretched. The Fuze Foundation also offers not-for-profit...
Iain Melvin has been proudly bagpiping with Piping Services Scotland for 21 years Introduction Having a piper play at your wedding is a custom that’s been going strong for hundreds of years. It’s said that our ancestors believed if a bagpiper met with the bride first, she was guaranteed a happy marriage. A bagpiper can...
A Eulogy is a piece of writing usually presented as praise to someone who has recently passed away. A Eulogy can be written for any loved one to allow the memorial service to become a personal event celebrating the life of the deceased. It may include songs, prayers, or quotes from the deceased favourite books...
Motivation, Pledge, Purpose, Present and Future Motivation A funeral is the last ceremony of a person’s life and everyone deserves a decent goodbye. However, funeral ceremonies have had lack of personalisation and lack of focus on a deceased’s life. This has encouraged us to devise a way of how funeral ceremonies should be conducted to...
Mourners have been left in a state of emotional anguish, as strict social distancing regulations restrict attendance at funeral ceremonies. Can technology offer support during these unprecedented times? COVID-19 has displaced our lives. Restrictions on funeral gatherings, since the lockdown in March, has limited the number of mourners able to physically attend a service. Clinically...
