Hello, lovely couples!

I am a wedding celebrant based in the beautiful city of York, North Yorkshire.

I first became interested in Humanist ceremonies when planning my own wedding near York. I liked the magic and ritual of religious weddings, but I didn’t want to use words I didn’t believe on my wedding day. I found civil ceremonies to be formulaic and impersonal, and so I searched for an alternative.

A Humanist wedding appealed to me because it allowed us to incorporate the best bits from weddings in any culture whilst staying true to our values as a couple, using words that felt true to celebrate our love.


I love weddings.

I love hearing couples’ stories: how they met, what they thought of each other, how it nearly went awry, how their friends interfered to set them up, how their proposals went. I love hearing how they supported each other during difficult times and what they admire and respect about their partner. Sharing and amplifying these love stories is my biggest thrill and it’s why I trained as a Humanist wedding celebrant. 

I worked in heritage and museums around York for 10 years before becoming a celebrant, telling human stories about peace, war, and love. When telling stories in museums, I always sought to create a connection between the audience and the past. Now I help couples to share their love stories, creating an emotional connection with their guests and crafting ceremonies that are memorable for all the right reasons.

As well as meeting amazing couples, I get to travel around North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, East Yorkshire, Cumbria and Lancashire seeing some incredible wedding venues - how cool is my job?! But I can travel across the UK to perform weddings, as well as working abroad to perform destination wedding ceremonies.

After three years as a Humanist wedding celebrant, I’ve honed my craft. I create wedding ceremonies that use a recognisable wedding structure, but that feel absolutely you - relaxed, authentic, unique and engaging. To find out more, take a look at my content, or get in touch.

What my couples are saying…

“Rachael is an amazing celebrant. She made our ceremony so personal with sweet, emotional and hilarious moments all included.

We had so many compliments on how unique our ceremony was to us from our guests and that’s because Rachael really took the time to get to know us as a couple and our relationship so that she could portray it perfectly. We couldn’t have been happier with our ceremony. Thank you SO much!”



— Abi + Jack, Eden Barn wedding

“We were lucky enough to have Rachael as our wedding celebrant. From the moment we booked her to the big day itself she was absolutely wonderful with us. I grew up in Scotland so I am familiar with Humanist ceremonies and how much more personal and special they feel - and this is exactly what Rachael created for us and our guests.

Her demeanour is so calming and kind, you can tell she truly cares about her role. Many of our guests had never witnessed a Humanist ceremony before and were instantly complimentary about how unique and heart-warming it was and that they want one now too!! I’d book Rachael asap before all of our guests do!.”

— Ben + Kate, Burtonfields Hall wedding

“Rachael was an amazing celebrant; she created a ceremony that we absolutely loved, incorporating all the elements we hoped we'd be able to include. From our first chat with her, she was incredibly warm and easy to talk to. She was open to all our ideas and guided us as to how they could be woven into the ceremony so that it was extremely personal to us, ran smoothly and had a good pace. Her calm presence took the stress out of it all and she was very reassuring on the day.

For us, the ceremony Rachael led had just the right balance of seriousness, fun, warmth and humour; it was everything we hoped it would be. Thank you so much Rachael.”

— Nick + Steph, The Normans wedding

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