Become a Celebrant
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- Online study
- One-to-one coaching sessions with dedicated tutors
- Unlimited access to tutors via email
- Study alongside working, caring, or other commitments
- Fully accredited, recognised course
- Improve your public speaking voice
- Develop your creative writing skills
Get an Accredited Celebrant and Public Speaking Diploma with UKCAPSA
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£1999 save £499* Click Payment Options below for details on our Payment Plans
Overview
The Celebrant Diploma is a very high quality, internationally accredited, intensive course which covers a wide range of the critical skills you’ll need to be an outstanding Celebrant:
- Explore what makes a first class modern Celebrant
- Understand how to choreograph ceremonies
- Improve your public speaking voice
- Develop your creative writing skills
- Understand how to look after yourself and ultimately create and deliver ceremonies that are truly meaningful, personal and memorable
Curriculum
Unit 1: Customer Management At the end of this unit, Candidates will be able to:
- Describe features of modern and historical ceremonies and their role in society.
- Identify and explain characteristics required to make an engaging celebrant and ceremony.
- Describe the preparation for initial engagement with customers.
- Gather information from customers through interviews.
Unit 2: Ceremonies, the basics At the end of this unit, Candidates will be able to:
- Demonstrate that they can structure and choreograph a ceremony.
- Demonstrate the use of creative writing techniques.
- Demonstrate that they can (a) bring their own style to a ceremony (b) organise the content and (c) state their obligations with respect to copyright.
- Demonstrate that they can (a) prepare a presentation copy of a script and (b) prepare for their performance.
Unit 3: Public Speaking At the end of this unit, Candidates will be able to:
- Describe the fundamentals of communication and analyse their current level of confidence and ability.
- Demonstrate that they can use the techniques described in the ‘SCRIPT method’ to develop a ceremony script.
- Use and evaluate their own voice skills and develop a plan for improving their public speaking.
Unit 4: Weddings, Affirmation and Renewal of Vows At the end of this unit, Candidates will be able to:
- Describe the Law governing Marriages and Civil Partnerships.
- Outline the best practices when meeting couples and gathering information.
- Identify and describe preparations required in advance of a marriage ceremony.
- Develop and perform a marriage ceremony.
- Develop an affirmation or renewal of vows script.
Unit 5: Funerals and Memorial Ceremonies At the end of this unit, Candidates will be able to:
- Describe the impact of grief and the role of the celebrant when faced with the recently bereaved.
- Describe the best practice when working with bereaved families.
- Identify and describe preparations required in advance of a funeral ceremony.
- Develop and perform a funeral ceremony.
Unit 6: Looking after yourself At the end of this unit, Candidates will be able to:
- Recognise and describe ways of managing stress.
- Describe relaxation techniques.
- Recognise the key elements of sleep hygiene.
- Talk to children and teens about death and Covid-19.
- Talk to families about planning a funeral during Covid-19.
Mandatory Units 1,2,3,6.
Optional Units Candidates must choose Units 4 or Unit 5 or elect to do both to receive the Diploma. save £499* Course Duration Once you are enrolled, you have a maximum of 6 months to complete your training.
Meet the Team
Laura Widdop – (Centre Manager & SQA Co-ordinator) Laura has over 15 years of experience in delivering training in various sectors. She has been the Centre Manager and an Assessor with UKCAPSA for over 4 years. Laura is there to support to all candidates in any way she can.
Debbie Daly – (Assessor) Debbie successfully completed the Diploma 4 years ago and has been working as a Celebrant ever since. She loves to share her skills and knowledge with her candidates.
Brian Baxter – (Assessor) Brian successfully completed the Diploma 3 years ago and has been a Celebrant ever since and has been nominated for numerous awards. Brian is delighted to be able to share his knowledge with anyone looking to embark on their Celebrant journey.
Yvonne Hannah – (Assessor) Yvonne successfully completed the Diploma 2 years ago and has been working as a busy Celebrant ever since. She is so passionate about being a Celebrant it was the natural next step to become an Assessor with UKCAPSA.
Payment Options
To help spread the cost we have 3 payment options:
Option 1: £1999 – 1 payment of £1999
Option 2: £2200 – 4 monthly payments of £550
Option 3: £2250 – 6 monthly payments of £375
Please note we only accept payment by Bank Transfer.
*based on individual unit combined total price
How does distance learning work?
Study online from home, work or on the move. A dedicated, expert, trainer will support you on your course. They will answer questions, meet you online and give you guidance and feedback.
Complete the course online via your own personal learning website. And our world-class online library is there whenever you need it, with 24 hour access.
Christopher Griffin
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"I found the UKCAPSA Diploma an excellent training package. It is modular, on-line and provides you with the flexibility to study, learn and experience what it takes to become a Celebrant. I thoroughly enjoyed taking the course - it was well structured, interesting and informative. I would recommend the course to anyone interested in being a Celebrant."
Evelyn
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"Enrolled for the UK Academy and loved it. One file was easy to navigate and the team were a great support when required. I learned lots of great tips from this and would highly recommend this course to any one interested."
Carole
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"I am so glad I took the plunge and did this course, to do a job that is enjoyable and exciting and no two days are ever the same. The course was intense but the support and encouragement I got from my mentors really helped me through it. I would definitely recommend it especially if you’re looking for a change in career, a career that’s rewarding. I’ve learned and gained new skills I never knew I had."
Marjorie
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"This is an excellent course, which although challenging was extremely easy to follow, had interesting and stimulating content and was well presented. Would highly recommend."
Debbie
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"The course is easy to understand & follow.
Its very comprehensive & once completed you are in a good position to commence celebrancy work.
You do have to be committed time wise but its not difficult.
I learnt things about funerals I didn't know & now understand the origins of wedding symbolic gestures. So informative, writing to do, films to watch & research into topics.
A great course!!"