Nicky Sutton

I’m Nicky, an independent funeral celebrant, based just outside Glastonbury, working in around Somerset and further afield.

What makes me different to other celebrants?
While we have thankfully moved away from the one size fits all funeral many celebrants are creating ceremonies based on what they were taught during training. Sadly, this has not moved on much since the training programmes started in what is believed to be around the mid 1990’s. The format is now outdated and still uses old religion-based terminologies.

Many celebrants will use a set template and change names and words to fit. Families are not always made aware of what is available and should be given choices in every aspect of a funeral. I will not tell you what must be included, rather I will ask you what you want to happen, and we work together to create that, if you need some guidance, I will happily do that for you.
Any ceremony I create is moulded around the person it is for.
Celebrants work as part of a team with all involved supporting, guiding, and helping bereaved people to celebrate the life of their person. Occasionally we may be involved in a different kind of funeral, one which doesn’t involve a celebration of life, rather an acknowledgement the person has died. Whatever the situation, whatever the requirements, those the ceremony is for are a priority.

As an independent funeral celebrant, not affiliated with any organisation I am not bound by any belief or non-belief system. There is no influence or judgement on what you choose to include in a ceremony. Spiritual, religious, semi religious and life centred ceremonies for all adults and children.

When somebody dies, a funeral or a celebration of life is usually required. This is my job as a funeral celebrant in Somerset.

Traditional funerals, alternative funerals, celebrations of life, memorial ceremonies, ceremonies after direct cremations, scattering of ashes, interring ashes, cremations, burials, and natural burials are the services I provide.