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...

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...

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Hatching, matching and dispatching, or more formally, births, marriages and deaths, are considered to be three of the most significant milestones in a person’s life.  With the help of social media, when it comes to hatching and matching, 21st century society is ALL about expressing emotions and feelings (#feels) and sharing memories through tweets and...