We want you to be the best celebrant you can be
We're passionate about your success
The Academy of Modern Celebrancy mission is to train you to be a confident celebrant and to run a successful business. Our team is made up of nothing more than already successful modern celebrants as there is nothing like being taught by others that know the industry!
Meet the Team
Jennifer Constant DIRECTOR AND CELEBRANT SUCCESS COACH
Jennifer has worked in the celebrant industry for over 10 years. Fully booked after a year and working in high-end ceremony, Jennifer transitioned to become the Celebrant SuccessCoach and has worked with 1000’s of celebrants to grow their businesses. She is the Founder of The Global Celebrant Directory, is a judge on the TWIA awards, best selling author and is an award winning industry expert. There isn’t much she doesn’t know about officiating top ceremonies and cannot wait to show you exactly how to be the best celebrant you can be.
Penelope Boycott MENTOR - WEDDINGS, NAMINGS & FUNERALS & COURSE MANAGER
With over 20 years industry experience, Penny really knows about what makes for an incredible, modern and personalised ceremony. A former Registrar now sought-after celebrant, she is dedicated to sharing the knowledge and experience of thousands of ceremonies with AMC celebrants and is something she feels privileged to do. Her passion to offer everyone unique and imaginative ceremonies for every life moment has enabled her to travel the globe doing a job she loves. She loves nothing more than the hustle of a little coffee shop and is rarely without a chocolate bar to hand.
Samantha Kelsie MENTOR - WEDDINGS & NAMINGS
Samantha has multi-years experience in writing, officiating, creating & coordinating incredible love stories & weddings that rock. Originally a wedding planner but now full time Celebrant, MC and AMC trainer – Samantha has written enough ‘tales of true love’ to last anyone a life time... it’s the best thing about being a Celebrant!
She loves working hard with AMC students to train them as confident celebrants but also to ensure they carve out the celebrant business they’ve always wanted.
Roxy Hotten MENTOR - WEDDINGS
Deborah Page MENTOR - WEDDINGS, FUNERALS & NAMINGS
Alison Ann MENTOR - WEDDINGS, FUNERALS & NAMINGS
With a 36-year career in the entertainment industry, Alison has five years’ experience as a Wedding and Funeral celebrant. She recently won Global Celebrant of the Year (Funerals) and Best National Celebrant (Weddings) at the Celebrant Industry Awards 2021. “Being an excellent celebrant is much more than being a script-writer. It’s about human connection, it’s about embracing differences, it’s about going above and beyond to ensure your clients feel in safe hands.” Alison is a straight shooter who is passionate about inspiring AMC celebrants to achieve great things. “There is room for us all to shine. Let’s do this!"
Miranda Ash MENTOR - WEDDINGS
Victoria Wells MENTOR - FUNERALS
Helen Noble MENTOR - FUNERALS
Helen is a highly experienced Funeral and Wedding Celebrant working in the industry for many years, officiating hundreds of ceremonies.
As a sought after funeral celebrant, she has a background in theatre management in the west end.
She views the funeral industry as a profession and is paving the way in educating the public about their options when saying goodbye.
Angela Maughan MENTOR - WEDDINGS, NAMINGS & FUNERALS
Angela is a fully booked ordained celebrant living and working in Scotland. Her background in nursing and homeopathy, is caring, loving and organised and she really listens to the wants and needs of her families and couples. She has been a busy celebrant for over eight years and is seen as the go to celebrant in her area. She was one of the first celebrants to train as a celebrant + and she is an active member of Coffin Club Caledonia.
Angela has trained and mentored celebrants for several years and she is thrilled to be asked to be part of the AMC team. She is looking forward to walking alongside students helping them to be the best celebrant they can be, with the right tools in their toolbox, ready to step into the wonderful world of ceremonies.
Tara Heath-Arnold MENTOR - WEDDINGS & NAMINGS
After a long career within the financial recruitment industry, progressing from the position of Sales Support to Regional Director, Tara then decided to step away from the corporate world. She completed a lifelong ambition to study for a Masters in English Literature before retraining as a Celebrant in 2019. Since then Tara has applied a multi-layered approach to building her Celebrant business in the South-West of England. Being consistent and disciplined has led to multiple bookings and the development of some excellent relationships across the industry.
Tara is extremely passionate about her career within the Celebrant world and is very excited to be a part of the AMC team. She hopes to be able to motivate and share all her knowledge and experience with future students.
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AMC Global Support Team
Want to shadow a celebrant and see how the job is done in real life? Becoming an AMC celebrant means you get the backing of an amazing team. We offer you the chance to join one of our celebrant mentors out in the field. Join a day in the life of one of these amazing celebrants so you are ready to rock your first ceremony with confidence.
Janine Hailey MENTOR: WALES
Creating fun, natural and relaxed ceremonies for couples that ooze love for each other, and for their families, is Janine’s absolute passion as a celebrant. Working in the service and
training industry for many years, with a Celebrant Business based in Swansea, Janine radiates warmth, and connectivity, which shines through every word crafted for each of her unique, personal and heartfelt ceremonies.
Nikki Smith MENTOR: SCOTLAND
Niki is a fully qualified Independent Celebrant and Marriage Officer with TLC Faith group in Bonnie Scotland. Becoming a Celebrant was the most natural thing in the world to Niki. She
has worked with people from every walk of life in the past and just loves people. Being able to help couples create perfect ceremonies makes this the perfect job!
Karina O'Donnell MENTOR: SOUTH EAST ENGLAND/FRANCE
Karina is an award-winning celebrant based in Kent, covering the South East and Northern France. She is passionate about her couples and their weddings and creates ceremonies which are full of love, lots of laughter and little twists of individuality. Karina comes with a wealth of experience after being in the wedding industry for nearly 30 years and loves talking about weddings.❤️
Susan Stuart MENTOR: MIDLANDS
Susan’s raison d’ être as a Celebrant is to create wonderful and unique ceremonies for couples who want a relaxed and fun vibe on their wedding day. Living in Leicestershire, Susan has a background in teaching and is a passionate people-person.
Jennifer Patrice MENTOR: LONDON
Jennifer is known for her loving and sincere ceremonies delivered with her usual calm and warmth; her motto to her clients is “from my heart to yours”.
She has two decades of event experience helping to plan many weddings, Christenings and important life moments. In addition, Jennifer works on events for one of the UK’s most famous educational establishments The British Library.
Sarah Jayne Hall MENTOR: NORTH WEST ENGLAND
A modern and open-minded celebrant, Sarah Jayne encourages clients to think outside of the box and make their occasion truly their own. A former TV Director, she knows how to put on a show. Celebrant SJ is smiley by nature, but takes ceremony seriously.
Debbie Skyrme MENTOR: SPAIN
Debbie Skyrme is an international award-winning Celebrant in southern Spain. She officiates bilingual marriage blessings in the Spanish sunshine by weaving those quirky little things you first fell in love with into your perfect wedding, elopement or vow renewal ceremony.
Naihm Callery MENTOR: IRELAND
Specialising in outdoor ceremonies with a personal, modern twist on ancient Celtic rituals, Niamh is passionate about infusing each element of the ceremony with the couple’s unique love story. A laughter filled planning process leads to relaxed fun ceremonies.
Sarah Hatjipavlis MENTOR: GREECE
Sarah is based on the Island of Rhodes and is an independent celebrant in Greece with years of experience. She writes and performs fun, witty and emotional English/Greek ceremonies all with a little ‘sparkle’ of Greece. Grecian Ceremonies-Creating lifelong memories.
When you join the AMC, you will become part of a team of celebrants that will
help you to push your business forward
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AMC Funeral Celebrant Training & Certification
10 comprehensive modules
Flexible Online access
16 weeks 1-2-1 expert mentoring
Weekly Group Q&A sessions
Full Business Set Up Support
All templates & documents you need
Facebook group access
Fully certified AMC qualification
Exclusive AMC discounts on celebrant website, branding and The Celebrant Directory.
AMC Wedding Celebrant
Training & Certification
7 comprehensive modules
Flexible Online access
12 weeks 1-2-1 expert mentoring
Weekly Group Q&A sessions
Full Business Set Up Support
All templates & documents you need
Facebook group access
Fully certified AMC qualification
Exclusive AMC discounts on celebrant website, branding and The Celebrant Directory.
AMC Naming Celebrant Training & Certification
5 comprehensive modules
Flexible Online access
10 weeks 1-2-1 expert mentoring
Weekly Group Q&A sessions
Business Set Up Support
All templates & documents you need
Facebook group access
Fully certified AMC qualification
Exclusive AMC discounts on celebrant website, branding and The Celebrant Directory.