


CERYN ROWNTREE
- About
- Writing, Speaking & Media
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- About
- Writing, Speaking & Media


CERYN ROWNTREE
- About
- Writing, Speaking & Media
- …
- About
- Writing, Speaking & Media

END OF LIFE CEREMONIES
Ceremonies to hold grief, honour a life, and mark the hardest thresholds with care
Death is the threshold our culture is least prepared to meet — and yet it deserves the same depth, honesty and presence as any other. As a qualified celebrant and counsellor, I bring genuine psychological understanding alongside spiritual depth to this work, so that the ceremonies I hold are places grief can actually be felt, not just performed.
This is ceremony work I consider a genuine privilege — and it's offered with particular care around cost, because I believe no one should go without support at these moments due to what they can afford.
The Ceremonies

Funeral or Memorial Ceremony
A fully personal ceremony honouring a life — built through real conversation with you about who they were, not a template filled in with a name.
£300–£350

Post-Funeral Grief Ceremony
A ceremony held after the funeral itself, for the grief that often has nowhere to go once the formalities are over.
£200–£250

Palliative Diagnosis Ceremony
A ceremony to hold space around a terminal diagnosis — for the person facing it, and for those who love them.
£350–£400

Baby Loss Ceremony
A rite of passage marking the transition from childhood toward young adulthood, built around what this threshold means in your own family and traditions.
£150–£200

Pet Loss Ceremony
A ceremony honouring the loss of an animal companion, held with the same seriousness and care as any other grief.
£150–£200
A note on pricing: Travel within 30 miles of Cramlington is included in all prices above; mileage is charged beyond that. Every ceremony includes an initial consultation and a fully bespoke script. Reduced rates are available in cases of genuine financial hardship, particularly for palliative diagnosis ceremonies — please don't let cost stop you from reaching out.
Whatever has brought you to this page, I'm glad you're here.
Get in touch to talk it through.
Name *Email *Phone *What kind of ceremony are you interested in? *You can read a little more about each of these on the above webpage.Select an optionDo you have a set date or location for your ceremony yet? *
Copyright Ceryn Rowntree, 2026.
Header image graphics created by Jo Gifford.




