Check out who our awesome workshop hosts and session leaders are below.
Natasha Johnson (She/her)
As well as being the co-director of the Celebrants Collective, Natasha has been a wedding celebrant for 18 years in the Costa Del Sol, Spain and before that she had a long career at the BBC as a radio reporter and newsreader. Passionate about communicating and engaging audiences through words and energy, Natasha loves to inspire other celebrants to think beyond their ceremony scripts. As well as being a tutor for the Celebrants Collective wedding training course, and mentor for celebrant members, Natasha also co-hosts the Celebrant Survival Podcast with business wife, Claire Bradford. When Natasha isn't celebranting or doing celebrant stuff, you'll find her on her veg patch, walking her dogs or camper vanning around Spain with the family, in their self-built camper!
Photo by The Lovehunters
Claire Bradford (She/her)
Claire came to celebrancy from a varied career path that included being an English teacher, working for the Church of England and a long spell as a life coach. These experiences, coupled with writing for magazines and newspapers, having her own radio show and running a networking group, gave her lots of skill ‘ingredients’ and, when she found out that celebrancy was a thing, she realised it was the just the recipe she’d been looking for!
An award-winning wedding and funeral celebrant, and co-director of the Celebrants Collective, she recently wrote and produced its two flagship celebrant training courses. Claire is also a judge for the prestigious UK Wedding Industry Awards, celebrant category.
In her spare time you can usually find her in the garden or on the sofa with a book and a big cup of tea!
Lonan Jenkins (He/him)
Lonan is an Independent Celebrant and co-runs Rooted Revelry: a London-based events collective. Lonan has been sharing stories professionally for the last six years and set up and co-ran The Embers Collective and Queer'd. Lonan is a storyteller, teacher, performer, writer and workshop facilitator. Narratives, intimacy and human connection are always at the heart of what he does. Lonan has a BSc Degree in Psychology and a MSc Degree in War and Psychiatry. Lonan uses both his qualifications, and his personal experiences of regular psychotherapy, to hold a safe, inclusive space for those sharing their stories, with a therapeutic tone throughout.
Fi Egan (She/her)
Fiona has worked in ‘Human and Cultural Insight’ in the marketing and advertising industry for over 20 years. That’s a fancy way of saying ‘professional nosy person’. She hangs out with people all over the world, learning about their lives and cultures and bringing their stories to life.
She brings these same skills to her celebrancy practice – creating unique and memorable wedding and naming ceremonies that truly get to the heart of people’s stories and passions, in all their beautiful, messy, human, technicolour glory.
Fi’s life and loves outside of work: Mum to 7 year old Iggy, woodland wanderer, oldskool raver, fair-weather camper, humanist educator, jazz diva, session singer, Christmas obsessive, poetry lover, knitter, giraffe chaser, pie baker, martini shaker, fancy dress fanatic.
Rosalie Kuyvenhoven (She/her)
Rosalie Kuyvenhoven is an award-winning celebrant, speaker, Death Cafe host and tutor at The Celebrant Collective. Based in London, she collaborates with clients from all over the world to create personal and meaningful ceremonies.
In her funeral work she loves to explore creative and innovative rituals to express grief and honour a life in a way that reflects the person who has died as well as the wishes and needs of the living.
As a wedding celebrant Rosalie specialises in bilingual and multicultural ceremonies for couples who value style, diversity and adventure.Heater Urquhart (She/her)
Heather originally trained in physical theatre and went on to study improvisation at Chicago’s I.O and Annoyance theatres. She improvises with the Olivier award-winning ‘Showstopper! The Improvised Musical’, ‘Blues Hammer’ - an improvised blues show with the legendary Joe Bill, and London’s premier all-female improv team ‘Yes Queens‘. Heather also co-wrote a book on the subject of musical improvisation called ‘Sing it!’ with Maydays colleague and BFF Joe Samuel.
Heather was winner of the award for best female performer in the Brighton Fringe & of the Argus Angel Award for artistic excellence. In a previous life she wanted to front an indie band and has been a vocalist with the Mercury music prize nominated Electric Soft Parade and improvised many a concept album with Fred Deakin of Lemon Jelly.
As a teacher and coach, Heather specialises in musical improv; Singing and movement, but also what musicality can teach us about the ebb and flow of longform improvisation. Her style is that of a nurturing drill sergeant and she loves helping people develop and keep surprising themselves.
Helen Wilson (She/her)
A proud northern lass, Helen Wilson has recently retired from a lifetime of teaching. She graduated from the Celebrants Collective last August and finds the support she has had in this community, invaluable.
Alongside teaching Helen has sung, acted and directed since her youth.
Occasionally she has been paid for it!