Funeral Celebrant Sheenagh

11/12/2025

Continuing my little helpful guides in ways you could help yourself or help someone else who is grieving this Christmas

Are you finding these helpful?

11/12/2025

For those of you who are having to adapt to finding a new way of living without your loved one - I hope these words by the fabulous Donna Ashworth bring you some comfort

Go at your own pace - Grief has no end - just find your own path to healing 💝

Day 11

Day 11 of my advent.

I know it’s not the same and I know it’s hard. But, the relationship you have still goes on. It is not over. It evolves still. New messages they send. New chapters they would be proud of. New ways in which their love learns to bloom from inside of you.

If you can get as much comfort as you can from these little things: it will help. It will help.

❤️

Donna x

10/12/2025

Here are some statistics that might surprise / shock you ….

A parent of children under 18 dies every 20 mins in the UK
- That’s 127 newly bereaved children every day

By the age of 16 1 in 20 young people will have experienced the death of one or both parents

57% of children want to learn how to cope with bereavement

Yet within the current education curriculum within the subject of PSE children are taught about Health and Wellbeing, Relationships including S*x education and Birth and about Living in the wider world ……but not about Death, Berevement and Grief

So it’s absolutely brilliant news that from Sept 2026 Grief education will be on the National Curriculum giving young people the understanding and language to navigate one of life’s hardest lessons.

Learning to talk about Death is so important - age appropriate of course

This progression is down to John Adams (my regular followers will know I’m a huge fan of his - and his name crops up regularly on this page).

John is a 4th Gen Funeral Director in Shropshire, works tirelessly in promoting Grief education and from the voice of his own experience as he lost his Mum when he was a child …..I can totally resonate having lost my own Mum when I was 11 years old - way back then there was no Grief education, counselling or help in any way - you just had to get on with life.

Hopefully schools will use the opportunity to establish relationships with people from their local communities who work in the Death/ Bereavement / Grief sectors

09/12/2025

Time for another session of CPD.

I really look forward to these sessions with the Civil Celebrant Connection - as they are both interesting and informative

09/12/2025

Another suggestion you might find helpful if you know someone who is finding dealing with Christmas difficult this year …..

09/12/2025

Last night was our last meeting of the year for the Snaith (& surrounding area) Business Network meeting.

David from the Poets of Esnoid read us a Christmas Poem to open our meeting

We then had an interesting presentation from Steve about Health & Safety - a subject that can often been seen as boring but using real life examples can be a real eye opener….and it’s certainly a subject that can be scary for anyone running a small Business.

In between we had a round up of Business opportunities from the local council and did a round the room sharing of our greatest business achievement of the year and a recap of the vast array of subjects we’ve discussed this year ….H&S, Cyber security, Making Tax digital, AI, Social Media to name but a few……..not forgetting the mutual support amongst group members.

Tim our group organiser then finished off with a mini quiz (about the local area - and I’m not from Snaith so had to guess at all 10 questions) but managed an appalling score of 2…..and still won a box of chocolates so I was well happy with that 😊

We started out as a small group at the beginning of the year and have had some new members join us - a couple who just came the once and for whatever reason decided it wasn’t for them - and that’s fine. I’ve been to other Business Network meetings and they weren’t for me but weve also established a group of regulars.

Some of the things I particularly like about this group are:

- we are a small group so it doesn’t feel overwhelming

- there’s zero pressure on anyone to participate in things they don’t feel comfortable with

- we don’t do any of the 1 min sales pitch where you are under pressure to sell yourself - we do discuss and share Business ideas

- there’s no pressure to engage in business connection with each others business …..but people have and that’s brilliant.

- it’s free of charge - held in a room above a pub so you can get a drink - it’s early evening so no clashes with your work diary - and there’s free car parking close by. It’s casual clothing - no need to be suited and booted.

- I’ve learnt so much about so many things - we meet for 1 hr so we use the time productively and everyone is super friendly. I dont live in Snaith but have been made to feel so welcome - it’s not just for businesses of Snaith, we do cover the surrounding area too.

SO ……

If you’re a small Business and would like to come along and join us our next meeting will be Thursday 8th Jan at 7pm - come along to The Manor House - you’ll be made most welcome.

And finally: a massive Thankyou to Tim Pinto from the e-Safety Office for giving his time and effort organising and hosting these meetings 👏👏👏

Looking forward to seeing everyone in the New Year and looking forward to welcoming any new members who want to come and join us

08/12/2025

06/12/2025

Today is Small Business Saturday

Please consider using your local Businesses ❤️

06/12/2025

You may be of the belief that Funeral Celebrants work for Funeral Directors ….and that’s understandable as it is usually a Funeral Director who contacts us on your behalf when they are arranging the funeral service for your loved one.

Most Funeral Celebrants are however
SELF EMPLOYED SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS

We can be contacted by your chosen Funeral Directors but we can also be contacted directly.

We work WITH Funeral Directors not FOR them

We are responsible for marketing our own Businesses
We have no guarantee of regular work
We rely a lot on recommendations from people we have worked alongside
Reviews are important in offering confidence to others to use our Business

I am based in DN14 Goole but work across the wider local area (and am happy to travel further afield by arrangement)

I have officiated farewell services at the following Crematoria:

Haltemprice (Willerby)
Memoria (Doncaster) and Memoria (Barnby Moor)
Rose Hill (Doncaster)
Woodlands (Scunthorpe)
Rotherham
York
Pontefract
Octon (Driffield)

and burial sites across the local area.

I am happy to lead services at any location of your choice for Memorials and Celebration of Life services.

If you would like to have an informal chat about how I can work with you and help you to create a personalised farewell service for your loved one please contact me - no obligation implied.

My contact details are as follows:

Tel: 0797 97 20563

Email: hello@funeralcelebrantsheenagh.co.uk

Website: https://funeralcelebrantsheenagh.co.uk/

Facebook: Funeral Celebrant Sheenagh

I would be so grateful for you supporting my small Business
I would be so grateful if you would ask your friends and family to support my small Business

You can do this by:
- liking my Facebook Business page
- sharing my posts that I post on my Facebook Business page
- engaging with the content I post with an emoji or (even better) a comment
- recommending my services to family, friends, work colleagues or neighbours who need the services of a Funeral Celebrant

Thankyou so much ❤️

04/12/2025

Just back home after attending the Christmas Memorial service at Rotherham Crematorium.

It was standing room only in the chapel - well over 100 people & so nice that the local community went along to support the event.

I do love a good Memorial service ❤️ and singing some Christmas Carols