Andrew Donkin has become Alsager's first Funeral Celebrant trained and accredited by Humanists UK.

Andrew has lived in Rydal Way, Alsager for over 25 years and recently retired from a career as a sale director for a plastics firm before retraining as a celebrant.

A funeral celebrant is a qualified person, usually from a non-clergy background, who officiates funeral ceremonies. They typically help organise and conduct funerals in crematoria or burialgrounds and also conduct memorial ceremonies which can be held at any time following a cremation in a place chosen by family and friends. 

Andrew, whose website details are here, said: "Humanism is a non-religious outlook on life which advocates love, kindness and support for our fellow human beings.

"Humanists UK run an excellent training course for funeral celebrants and I'm proud to be a member of the UK's leading network of non-religious celebrants.

"We aim in our ceremonies to provide a deeply personal remembrance of an individual and this flows from a meeting we hold with the family, at which we get to talk all about the life and times of their loved one and share memories. 

"Together we make a ceremony that is a fitting tribute. We focus on life and the individual who lived."

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