Humanist Ceremony

tartantotty

Has anyone ever been, or is having a Humanist Ceremony? I quite fancy its from what I have heard, as its seems more personalised that an a civil ceremony (and I have just been quoted £416 for a registrar, which is probably the going rate, but I was a bit :eek:!! I think a Humanist wedding is a bit cheaper)

Any info would be greatly appreciated!

skiTTish

Nup been to several Humanist funerals though ,sorry thats no help atall is it ...

shelovestobuystuff

My humanists fee is £250 then theres the usual registrars fees for paperwork etc which I think is no more than £60.

Violetta_2

With the added bonus as you are in Scotland you can get married anywhere, we are having one next week. You may have to join the Humanist Society Scotland thats cost £30, getting a licence from the registrars will cost £65, think it's more for the certificates after the wedding. If you have a look on the website above you can find celebrants in your area, they are usually friendly & happy to answer any queries. Have to say though ours has been ok, he hasn't been that great at keeping in touch.

hunnycat

Violetta wrote: »

With the added bonus as you are in Scotland you can get married anywhere, we are having one next week. You may have to join the Humanist Society Scotland thats cost £30, getting a licence from the registrars will cost £65, think it's more for the certificates after the wedding. If you have a look on the website above you can find celebrants in your area, they are usually friendly & happy to answer any queries. Have to say though ours has been ok, he hasn't been that great at keeping in touch.

We have not been asked to join and are fully booked up. Its £250 for the service plus the normal registration fees

tartantotty

:Tah thanks for the advice everybody!

I will email one of the celebrants on the list, locally and get some more info!

chaosweddings

Hi,
are you getting married in scotland? where a humanist ceremony is classed as a legal marriage, if not a humanist ceremony is not a legal marriage in the uk, you can still have the humanist ceremony but you must also have a register/church ceremony for the legal bit.
hth

chaos

MsChazzer

hunnycat wrote: »

We have not been asked to join and are fully booked up. Its £250 for the service plus the normal registration fees

That's interesting, we were told we had to join as the number of celebrants they are allowed to have that are legally registered is dependent on the number of members.

I don't mind joining because I am a humanist anyway and support their work.

kelda_shelton

We're having a humanist ceremony. And yes, its a £250 fee, plus £30 to join the humanist society (Like Ms Chasser, our celebrant explained the more people that join the more wedding licences they get the following year and as its becoming more an more popular they require all couples to join, so hunnycat I'd double check about the joining fee if I were you, you'd hate that to mbe a last minute hitch)

We also have the £65 normal registration fees plus 50p per mile travelling costs for the celbrant (as suggested on the humanist website) which is £18. All this ended up about £50 cheaper than having the registrar for a civil ceremony in the hotel.

We decided on humanist ceremony after my best friend had one last year and it was beautiful and so personal. We're not humanist and not religious but I often think civil ceremonies can be overtly legal and formal so this was a nice match for us.

And its soo not 'fairy ring' like - my sister keeps making 'fairy ring' digs and its really pi55ing me off, but I know its going to be lovely so I'm just ignoring her!!

MsChazzer

kelda_shelton wrote: »

And its soo not 'fairy ring' like - my sister keeps making 'fairy ring' digs and its really pi55ing me off, but I know its going to be lovely so I'm just ignoring her!!

I got a bit of that too! I also had people asking us if our marriage would be recognised in England and doesn't the celebrant normally just do gay weddings? But our guest book shows that everyone loved it.

kelda_shelton

MsChazzer wrote: »

I got a bit of that too! I also had people asking us if our marriage would be recognised in England and doesn't the celebrant normally just do gay weddings? But our guest book shows that everyone loved it.

That's what I like to hear!!