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Douglas Duckworth

“Doug the Celebrant”

Hello and welcome to my website! As a humanist celebrant I’ve helped hundreds of families and couples do justice to the big occasions in life – birth, partnering and dying – what some call the “rites of passage”. I absolutely love my work because I know it can make a difference to people’s lives. I put my heart and soul into it and I get huge job satisfaction.

I’d Love to Help You With…

Signs reading "love forever" and "I love you"

Weddings and Vow Renewals

Funerals & Celebrations of Life

Naming & Welcoming

What am I like as a celebrant? Check out this short video:

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A direct cremation doesn’t mean you can’t give someone a beautiful funeral. On one of the hottest days of 2026, I helped out at an interment of ashes ceremony at Tithe Green Oxton natural burial ground. The care of the person that died was in the capable hands of DJ Hall funeral directors and Harry from Halls drove the mourners and the ashes to Tithe Green where the site for the interment had been prepared by Tracy. Aidan and Anne of AK Visuals filmed the ceremony to provide friends and family with a beautiful memento of the day.

#humanistcelebrant #pilgrimage So if I reach the source what should I do when I get there?

Last weekend in Italy. #humanistcelebrant #humanistwedding #italianwedding

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