Scottish Marriage Statistics Third Quarter 2015

It has been great to see the figures for the third quarter of 2015 released by the National Records of Scotland. This period covers the 1st July to the 30th September 2015. There were 11,434 marriages in the third quarter of the year which is a rise of 1.1% from the same quarter in 2014. From our...

Scottish Marriage Statistics Second Quarter 2015

It has been great to see the figures for the second quarter of 2015 released by the National Records of Scotland. This period covers the 1st April to the 30th June 2015. There were 8,187 marriages in the second quarter of the year which is a fall of almost 2 percent from the same quarter in 2014....

Scottish Marriage Statistics First Quarter 2015

It has been great to see the provisional figures for the first quarter of 2015 released by the National Records of Scotland. This period covers the 1st January to the 31st March 2015. It has been interesting to see that there were 3,889 marriages which is a rise of almost 10% compared to the same...

Alternative Humanists: Plato’s Symposium

Western Europe has a tradition of non-religious ethical thinking that can be traced back some 2,500 years to the philosophy of the Ancient Greeks. This way of understanding the world, of finding meaning in life, and of grounding moral thinking can also be found in China and India and many other cultures. Since the time...

Historical Figures in Scottish History

Historical Figures in Scottish History Do you know much about the history of Scotland? Over at Homecoming Ceremonies we have been doing a bit of research on Scottish History and thought we would share it with you all. Scotland is a popular destination to visit because of all the history associated with the country and...

Finalists at the ASB Awards 2014

The Association of Scottish Businesswomen (ASB) was founded in 1995 and is the umbrella organisation for business and professional women’s clubs throughout Scotland. The ASB has become the voice of all women in business across Scotland, inspiring, linking and supporting women to increase and strengthen their opportunities. We are very excited to announce that we...

Don’t Tell The Bride

We have the honour of conducting hundreds of Humanist Marriage ceremonies all over Scotland every year and get to work with some of Scotland’s premier suppliers to the wedding industry. In June of this year, I had the pleasure of marrying Ian & Gayle at the Leapark Hotel in Grangemouth, in conjunction with Wedding Supermarket...

History of Humanism

Humanism – A Brief History Although many people assume that the Humanist movement and associated philosophies are a fairly modern way of thinking, Humanist thinking can actually be traced back over 2000 years. Many cultures all over the world have developed Humanist philosophies and traditions, including China, India and much of Western Europe. From the...

Happy Birthday Fuze

Celebrating: Fuze are 2 yrs old! I can’t believe that it’s 2 years since we started.  It has rushed past in a blur of weddings, namings, funerals, parties, events, wedding shows, trade shows, launch parties … that’s just a few of the things we’ve been up to.  There’s been lots of celebrations, so much happiness...

Lochaber Hope

Lochaber Hope has been part of the community since 2005. We have worked confidentially with over 600 members of the community who struggle to cope with sensitive or crisis periods in their lives Most of the time, life ticks along fine, but when it doesn’t it can be intense and overwhelming and problems seem insurmountable,...