Welcome to JC Celebrants
For Moments That Matter..
More About JC Celebrants
Hi, my name is Joanne Connolly, and I am JC Celebrants, an independent civil funeral celebrant, based in Croydon.
A little background for you, I have spent the majority of my life working within an insurance and financial fraud background, until I was made redundant. After that I worked in the restaurant and retail industry to tied me over. This was until I became a mummy.
I am now a mum to two beautiful girls, they are my world and I would do anything for them.
Like most of us, I have experienced deep loss in my life. But in 2022 I was to experience my greatest loss, my brother Mark. Mark lost his life to colon cancer, we were shocked with how quick it took him. During his funeral, the celebrant made us feel some comfort, it was as if she had known him for years. It was at this point that I decided, this is what I wanted to be able to do for others. That is when JC Celebrants became a reality.
So I am now a certified funeral celebrant and I hope I can help you during such an emotional and challenging time. I hope that I can do you, and your loved one proud.
Services
Eulogy Writing
Bespoke, creative and inclusive ceremonies
Funeral Planning
Personalized Services
End of Life Care Plan
Together we will decide on the best way to say goodbye.
When you need to organize a funeral and you want to celebrate the life of a loved one, I’m here to help you do just that.
End of Life Care Plan
End of life care is an emotional and stressful time for everyone that knows and loves the individual.
I'm hoping that my care plan can help you to include your loved one in how they would like their celebration of life to be fulfilled. Then once your loved one has moved on you can concentrate in supporting each other through your grief.
What I Offer:-
I will arrange a time that is suitable for you and your family, to get together and meet with me.
We can sit and talk about what your loved one would like for their celebration of life. This will also give me the opportunity to meet with them.
After the meeting if you are happy, we can complete the paperwork and I will compile the eulogy for your confirmation.
I can also help you contact a funeral director to discuss their part.
Costs
Each service and script will be individually tailored to your wishes.
My fee for a funeral service is £240, which covers the following:
- All phone and email communications
- Personal visit to collect the information needed for us to write the funeral script
- The script sent to you to check as many times as needed until you are entirely happy with it
- Help and advice on poetry, readings and music included in the ceremony
- Communication with anyone else involved in the ceremony
- Conducting the funeral service on the day with the appropriate script, music, tributes all written down and in order
- Provide you with a full copy of the script after the service to keep
- Travel for communications and ceremony within a 15-mile radius of Croydon (Any travel beyond that will be considered and charged from £10 per 10 miles)
Scattering of Ashes ceremony - prices start from £70
Interring (Burial) of Ashes - prices start from £70
Memorial Ceremony - prices start from £240
I am proudly trained & certified by,
The Academy of Professional Celebrants.