- About Caroline Adams
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As a fully qualified Funeral Celebrant,
trained to the highest standard, it will be my pleasure to work with you to plan and hold a bespoke, personal and honouring funeral
ceremony for your loved one,
which is everything you
want it to be.
Bespoke - Personal - Honouring
There is no set formula to any funeral that I conduct. This means that each funeral can reflect the beliefs and wishes of all concerned in a way that sets it apart from any other and is therefore more meaningful and special. The whole focus is on your loved one and on how you choose to celebrate their life.
I will work with you to capture the essence of your loved one,
so that we can tell the story of the life that has been lived; with
key characteristics, memories and events marked and celebrated.
I will also support you in your choice of music, readings, poetry,
prayers or hymns as fits the tone of the funeral that you want
to have, and I will be available to support those who want to
be involved in the funeral.
Throughout the funeral planning process, we will be in close
communication, and you will be able to check and change
any of the content of the ceremony. Afterwards, I will
give you a full text of the ceremony to keep as a memento
of this farewell to your loved one.
How I will work with you:
Losing a loved one is a difficult time, and lots of decisions and plans will need to be made in a short space of time. Fortunately, Funeral Directors and Celebrants like me will do all that we can to help you with everything related to the funeral of your loved one. This will take the burden off your shoulders at such a sad time.
The choice of celebrant for the funeral is yours. The Funeral Director will make a recommendation or suggestion to you about who to choose, or you may have your own idea about who you want to conduct the ceremony. If you choose to use me for this, I will work with you in the following way:
As soon as I am asked to conduct the funeral, I will contact you to introduce myself and to arrange to meet with you face to face, if possible. This meeting will be at your convenience, and is likely to last up to two hours.
At this meeting, I will work with you to plan a funeral that you want, and that you feel is the best way to remember and celebrate your loved one’s life. You will be able to decide on the style of funeral you want. I am happy to lead a service with Christian elements in it (hymns, prayers and/or Bible readings), or a service with no religious content, but with other elements instead.
I will work with you to gather information for a fitting tribute for the ceremony, which I will deliver, unless you have someone who would like to do this.
There may be special readings, poetry and/or music that you would like in the ceremony. I will be able to arrange all this for you, or will be able to give you ideas and suggestions if you need them.
After this meeting, I will go away and prepare a draft of the Order of Service, which I will send you for your approval. You will be able to change anything that you want. This process means that we will be able to put together a fully bespoke and personal ceremony which is really honouring for your loved one.
I will then liaise with the Funeral Director, and let him or her know what the Order of Service will be. This ‘three-way’ close communication will ensure that everything goes the way that you want it to.
Throughout the process, you will be able to contact me with any questions that you have, and make any changes that you want.
After the funeral, I will give you a full transcript of the service, which you can keep as a lasting memory of your loved one.
Testimonials
10.01.2025
Hi Caroline
I just wanted to thank you for my father in law’s funeral. You were so easy to talk to and you wrote a lovely eulogy that really captured him and his life well. We assumed we would have to write this ourselves, so it took a big burden off our shoulders. You came in at a very stressful time in our lives and really made a huge difference with your gentle and caring manner. With many thanks.
13.12.2024
Dear Caroline
I just wanted to thank you on behalf of our family for leading dad’s service with such compassion and heartfelt sensitivity.
We couldn’t have wished for a warmer send off for dad, if he was watching I am sure he would have been delighted with his tribute.
You provide a wonderful service and we were truly grateful that you were part of dad’s journey to the other side.
05.10.2024
Hi Caroline,
Now that a week or so has passed, we've had the chance to reflect on what a special day it was last Thursday. I remember what you said to us when we first met - that you wanted us to feel the night before that everything was in hand and the night of the funeral that everything had gone as we'd hoped it would. We can truly say that we felt both of those things and a large part of that is down to you and the way you guided us through it. We felt the service…really reflected Dad and we've had so many compliments from family and friends about the purpose and meaning behind the service. On a specific note, a close family friend and committed church-goer told us that it was the most beautiful and moving reading of the Corinthians passage she'd ever heard.
Thank you for taking the time to get to know us (and Dad!) and for helping us feel reassured, confident and fulfilled throughout - it means a lot to us all.
24.09.2024
Good morning Caroline,
I thought that you might be interested to know that there was a uniform view that [my brother’s] funeral on Friday was very sensitive and moving and a worthy tribute to him and that your role in it was at the core of it.
05.09.2024
Caroline
I just wanted to say thank you for everything you did for [my aunt] yesterday, you made the service very special for us all. You helped make a very sad situation into a happy one. I’m sure she would have appreciated it. Thank you.
02.08.2024
Hi Caroline
Just a quick note to say thank you for the service yesterday. It felt like you had known my mum and everyone said how good it was.
12.07.2024
Caroline,
I among many others would like to offer my absolute gratitude for an excellent service, which I personally found very heartfelt and made the occasion a meaningful and true tribute to the mother I will hold dearly in my thoughts.
21.07.2024
Good Afternoon Caroline
I just wanted to pass on my thanks to you, I received so many lovely comments about how you conducted the service, some people saying it was the nicest funeral they had been to. Strange comment I know but I understand where they are coming from.
It’s such a shame you don’t get to see your own funeral because [my husband] would have been really proud. It was the best send-off I could give him and was beautiful.