Preparation of Funeral Ceremony: $50.00 per hour. (preparation for a funeral ceremony can be between 5-10 hours)

Travel time to ceremony: $35.00 per hour

Celebrant fees to conduct Funeral or Memorial ceremony: $300.00.

I live in Sutherland Shire, but I’m happy to discuss ceremony locations around Sydney and the South Coast, North Coast and Regional NSW. Location scouting is something we at North Wind Celebrancy love to do!

I am available Tuesday and Friday mornings, afternoons and evenings.

A funeral celebrant helps you create a funeral ceremony that best honours your loved ones life and loves. Once you have contacted a funeral celebrant and a day and time has been arranged to meet the family and or friends, usually at the family home. This meeting will help you decide if the celebrant you have chosen is the right funeral celebrant for you and your family. If everyone agrees to proceed then the planning of the funeral begins.

A funeral celebrant then sits down with you and your family maybe with a cup of tea to listen to your memories and your favourite stories of your loved one to help you create a unique and beautiful funeral ceremony.

Planning the ceremony with you the celebrant may ask the following questions:

Who will be speaking on the day? Have you chosen pall bearers? Would you like to include any cultural rituals? Do you need help choosing music or poetry for the ceremony? And do you need help writing a Eulogy? And most importantly what else they can do the help organise the ceremony with you?

It is totally up to you how involved you would like the funeral celebrant to be in the ceremony or if your prefer A Celebration of Life for your loved one. Whether the ceremony is in a chapel or a park or a beach or at the family home, the funeral celebrant is there to assist and support family and friends in every way they can.

Planning a funeral ceremony usually takes a week and includes two family meetings with the celebrant to confirm details and any changes that need to be made.

I think the important thing is not to feel rushed or hurried during the funeral ceremony so again during the planning of the funeral the funeral celebrant will help you co-ordinate who will be speaking on the day and who else would like to be included in some way.

A funeral service is typically 40 minutes to 1 hour but some ceremonies may go longer, it all depends what you would like included in the funeral service. Once you have chosen a venue you will be offered approximate times to choose from and arranging the funeral with your funeral celebrant will give you an idea of how much time you need for a person or people to give a Eulogy.