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...