Ellen the Humanist: More Than Just a Celebrant
Nestled in the historic town of Dumbarton, I share my life with my husband—a passionate Piper who spent many years in Dumbarton and District Pipe Band. Our home, recently quieted as our two grown children embarked on their own journeys, is filled with the joyous energy of our two beautiful Cavalier King Charles Spaniels: Orla, and Lois.
For a decade, I've been an active member of the Humanist Society Scotland, a journey that began when I attended a funeral officiated by an HSS celebrant. The experience was so moving and profound that it ignited my desire to explore and embrace humanism more deeply.
My role as a celebrant extends beyond funerals to the joyful celebrations of life. I am a fully registered wedding celebrant, bringing boundless enthusiasm and creative ideas to ensure your wedding day is special for you and your partner and unforgettable for your family and guests. Moreover, I cherish the opportunity to conduct naming ceremonies, each a unique celebration of life and new beginnings.
Being a celebrant is my dream job, allowing me to share the most significant moments of people's lives. I am deeply honoured to conduct the ceremony you desire, striving to make each one meaningful and memorable. Ellen the Humanist is more than just a celebrant; she is a devoted partner in celebrating life's milestones with authenticity and heart.
Don't just take our word for it..
Ellen Married us a few weeks ago and we absolutely loved having her conduct our ceremony. It was so personal and touching yet she had everyone laughing too. It was great to meet with Ellen before she married us and she is fab at what she does...as you can see by the photos everyone was smiling and complimented how fab she was too.
Thank you so much for making our day so amazing and perfect. Everyone said how amazing you were.
Thank you for everything you made us feel so relaxed at our wedding"
“Ellen just made our wedding day seamless! We had so many friends and family comment on how personal, enjoyable and lighthearted our ceremony was and that is all thanks to Ellen. We had a few meetings with Ellen to discuss the sort of ceremony we wanted and she captured the tone perfectly!
Also, because of how organised Ellen is it helped ease our nerves and allowed us to relax and enjoy the day for what it was.
Highly, highly, highly recommend!”
We could not have wished for a better celebrant. Ellen was simply perfect and beyond our expectations for planning our humanist wedding ceremony. Ellen met with us multiple times, provided us with guidance and example wedding ceremony scripts, poems and little extras that could be incorporate into our ceremony. She was supportive of all our ideas, and added very suitable touches to our ceremony which we had not thought of (e.g. greeting the bride's family from Germany in German). In short, Ellen made sure that our ceremony was unforgettable with our wedding guests still commenting on it as having been the most hilarious, participatory and personal ceremony they have ever witnessed.
Ellen was our celebrant on 01/07/2022 and we can’t recommend her enough! Ellen made the process so straight forward and sends you everything you need when you first book, as well as some reminders along the way which is great! She made my husband very relaxed as she’s so easy to chat to. Ellen really makes it personal to you and will tailer her approach to whatever you would like.
Ellen made the ceremony so special and funny! She’s like a comedian and so quick even with the guests. Everyone said it was one of the best ceremonies they’ve been to. We loved the humour in it as it helped us to relax and it’s been an absolute pleasure watching it back in our video. The photos show just how funny it was - we loved it! We had children do some poems and she was very good with them. It was also very personal and still managed to bring in the romance, without being too soppy!
Ellen made it perfect for us 💗