EVERY STORY DESERVES TO BE TOLD
Meet Nichola Reeder
An Independent Celebrant and storyteller, creating bespoke funerals & celebrations of life, weddings, vow renewals and baby namings across North Yorkshire, County Durham and the North East.
There is no right or wrong way to do this.
Only your way. As your Independent Celebrant, I won’t work from generic scripts or standard templates. Everything I write starts with a conversation, focussed on you or your loved one.
I’ll spend time getting to know you, hearing your stories, discovering the little details that make people smile, the moments that shaped yours or your loved ones life, uncovering the things that matter and the memories you’ll treasure forever.
Then I’ll weave those stories into a ceremony that feels authentic, personal and unmistakably yours. Sometimes that’s concise, gentle and beautifully traditional. Sometimes it’s bursting with character, laughter, outrageous colour and unexpected moments. Often it sits perfectly between the two. And every single one is exactly right.
Because life doesn’t fit into a template, neither should your ceremony.
Whether you’re looking for a Funeral Celebrant, planning a Celebration of Life, organising your dream Wedding Ceremony, renewing your vows or welcoming a new arrival with a Naming Ceremony, together we’ll create the perfect ceremony where every idea is welcomed and every story matters.
No judgement. No pressure. No trying to make you fit someone else’s idea of what a ceremony should look like. Just openness, creativity, compassion and the confidence to produce something that truly reflects the lives and stories being celebrated.
A Rebel Heart isn’t about breaking the rules for the sake of it.
It’s about knowing that you don’t have to follow someone else’s. It’s about creating ceremonies with honesty instead of expectation. With personality instead of performance. It’s about giving you the permission to have the ceremony you always wanted, but never thought you were allowed.
Because the most memorable ceremonies aren’t always the most elaborate. They’re remembered because they felt real. Because people recognised that they couldn’t have been written for anyone else. Because you trusted your Rebel Heart.
And that’s exactly how it should be.
Your story. Your people. Your truth. Let’s tell it beautifully.
Every Unforgettable Ceremony Starts With A Conversation
So why not get in touch, tell me about the person or people at the heart of yours, and together we’ll create something truly unforgettable.