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Professional Development Sessions

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

In the Celebrant Circle, we consider ‘Professional Development’ to be a vital part of every successful celebrant’s toolkit. Inner Circle members have access to FREE, regular monthly P.D. opportunities.

All of our sessions are informative, targeted, enlightening, and (very importantly) a lot of fun.

We run a huge variety of options covering everything from business marketing to ceremony design and delivery – and a whole lot in between! With sessions delivered by guest speakers or the in-house training team. Our P.D. is continually evolving, with our members’ requirements and requests at the forefront of all that we do. 

When it comes to training or membership organisations, we never forget you have a choice. 

So let us help you to get your Celebrant business fit and fired up, ready for 2024…and beyond!
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The Celebrant Circle Ltd is a fully accredited member of the CPD Certification Service

Membership No. 019246

Helping Couples Find The Words

Wednesday, 8 July · 7:00 – 8:00pm

Non Members Welcome

Aim: To equip celebrants with practical, coaching-informed techniques to help couples gain clarity and clearly articulate their preferences, with a particular focus on vow writing.

 

This session will equip celebrants with practical, coaching-informed techniques to help couples reach greater clarity. It will move through three connected areas: coaching tools to help couples identify what matters most to them for their ceremony; listening and language techniques to explore a couple’s intentions more deeply; and translating all of that into vows that genuinely reflect who they are and what they want to say.

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  1. Introduction to using values-based questioning to help couples identify what matters most to them about their ceremony, giving the creative process a meaningful starting point

  2. Introduction to applying coaching techniques to take couples deeper than their initial responses to better understand their intentions.

  3. Learn how to integrate a coaching approach when supporting couples with writing their vows.​

 

Questionnaires beyond Weddings and Funerals 
with Shelley Jackson-Woodall

Tuesday, 14 July · 7:00 – 9:00pm

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Join Shelley as she explores questionnaires beyond Weddings and Funerals.

 

Hints and tips for creating different questionnaires, including baby naming, vow renewal, memorials, ash interments, adoption and more. 

 

If you have a specific questionnaire you're interested in exploring, let us know.' 

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Free to Inner Circle Members

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Imposter Syndrome

Wednesday, 9 September · 7:00 – 8:30pm

Non Members Welcome

During this session, Lisa will help us understand what helps us stay in our intellectual brain so that we can really experience and feel comfortable in our role as a Celebrant, and consider how this relates to our families and couples.  Finally, we'll create a self-made goal for the future, and then she will guide us in a deep relaxation.

 

Lisa Phillips is an experienced Solution-Focused Hypnotherapist who works with both adults and children, supporting clients with anxiety, depression, grief, phobias, and a wide range of emotional well-being challenges. Her approach is practical, compassionate, and forward-focused, helping people move beyond struggle and reconnect with confidence and calm.


Lisa is passionate about showing how Solution Focused Hypnotherapy can help people break free from impostor syndrome, overcome self-doubt, and step into a more empowered and hopeful future.

 

Your Path to Probate

Monday, 28th September · 7:00 – 8:00pm

Non Members Welcome

A Celebration of Celebrants Event:

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It's a great one to understand the basic of probate with some myth busting.

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FREE  to all celebrants

 

EDI PD Session with  Ali Jowett

Monday, 19th October · 7:00 – 8:30pm

Non Members Welcome

Learning outcomes:   

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  • To understand what Equality, Diversity & Inclusion mean

  • To identify where Equality & Inequality exist in Society

  • To develop knowledge of diversity in all its forms

  • To identify multiple identities  

  • To consider inclusive practice and language when working as a celebrant – including conscious and unconscious bias

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To discuss/review Equality legislation including 7 types of discrimination.


Summary of Themes and Training Content: 

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Definitions of Equality, Diversity & Equity : our thoughts and ways in which we can promote fairness, avoid prejudice and stereotyping.


Activity on Equality & Inequality in society – where they are seen and the benefits/dangers they present
Definitions of types of diversity and identification of multiple identities vs stereotyping.


Working with people and inclusive language – ensuring EDI is respected when working with others and reviewing our language to ensure we meet the needs of our clients.


Discussion on types of discrimination linking to Equality legislation.

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About the Trainer:   
Alison Jowett is a freelance Education, Training and Quality Consultant (and newly qualified Celebrant!)  She has been working in the education sector for over 25 years for both the public and private sector.  She is a qualified Teacher, Trainer, Assessor and Verifier and also has a background in HR.  

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Ali has been writing and delivering training sessions on subjects such as Leadership & Management, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Mental Health & Advocacy for the last 5 years.

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She lives in Tunbridge Wells with her Husband Chris, two cats Oscar & Winnie, and has one daughter and three step-daughters – with an ever growing brood of grandchildren (two more currently cooking!)

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Her passions include baking (having previously owned a coffee shop where she made all the cakes herself) and reading, although she confesses she has recently become hooked on audio books – she particularly loves a good murder mystery.  Her guilty pleasure is Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple.

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