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On Hitched.co.uk since 2025
Last update: September 2025
Ewan has been writing, conducting and generally having a brilliant time at non-religious wedding, partnership and vow renewal ceremonies since 2012, and he entirely loves it.
Trained and accredited by Humanists UK, he has conducted over 150 ceremonies in everything from sitting rooms to stately homes, woodlands to barns, abandoned chapels to Indian restaurants, grand hotels to campsites, the streets of York to the mountains of Switzerland.
He really takes a pride in:
- Getting to know his couples properly, as he believes that's what makes a heartwarming ceremony. His goal is for people to be asking how many years he has known the spouses-to-be by the time the wedding happens.
- Reflecting and celebrating what makes you you. LGBTQ+ weddings are a favourite; trans-inclusive language is a given.
- Discovering the little events in your love story that led to all the other wonderful things. The tiny moments that, if they'd gone differently, would have changed the outcome. These are the things that make life magical!
- Crafting words really thoughtfully so you are smiling at all the right moments. A ceremony can feel like a performance to others, and—let's be honest—it can be. But he will be sure to bring plenty of smiles, laughs, or tears to your eyes, too.
- Sharing in the excitement and nerves just before proceedings begin. That's always when he remembers what an honour it is to be going through this by your side.
He'll meet you (online, in person, by phone or whatever works) as many times as needed to get to know you properly, collect all your ideas and help you think through anything you might not have thought about. Where will each person stand? Who will operate the music? Has the drone got spare batteries? Do the people with the ceremonial swords know their cue? Will people be able to hear everything over the sound of the snow machine? Is the German translator in place?
(Yes, these are all real examples. The point is: big or small, event-of-the-year or quiet, lovely moment between two nervous people, there are always practicalities and Ewan has been through most of them.)
Then, he'll put everything together into a really detailed plan for everything that will be done and said. Once you've gone through that together, pulled it apart, made any changes you want and agreed on everything, he'll get writing properly. And then, of course, he'll turn up and conduct things on the day, both at your side and on your side at the big moment.
Ewan the Celebrant is a wedding celebrant based in York, North Yorkshire.
Photo credits: John Hope, Hamish Irvine, Bloom Weddings, Peter Welland, Furmoto Photography, Alpinphoto, Tux and Tales
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Reviews for Ewan the Celebrant
Highly recommend!
We initially met Ewan in York where we chatted and he got to know us better. From there he sent us, individually, a list of questions for us to send back with our own answers. From this Ewan was able to make the most wonderful ceremony which was personal, funny and emotional.
He took great care to ensure the wording was as we wanted and in such a short time was able to really capture our relationship.
On the day he was super. Friendly and reassuring through a very important day. He handled it great when our toddler had a bit of moment. Our guests loved the ceremony and the overwhelming response we got was envy that they hadn’t known their weddings could be like that.
We would have no hesitation recommending Ewan.
Everything we were hoping for!
Funny, creative, professional and caring celebrant
From the moment we asked Ewan to be our celebrant, he really took the time to get to know us both, truly cared about us as people and how to help us make the ceremony personal and genuine.
He has a great system that he follows to extract the information he needs to write the ceremony script and even though he took us through the flow of the script he was planning to write, we really enjoyed hearing the final thing on the day for the first time. It was the perfect blend of sincere, funny and memorable.
As we got married in a theatre, my husband was alone behind the curtain without his groomsmen or anything. He said he was so grateful for having Ewan stood with him keeping him calm and focussed before the ceremony began. He said it was like standing with a friend.
He really had thought of everything, so we were able to just enjoy the ceremony and I wish we could do it all again.
We loved Ewan!
A Ceremony That Truly Reflected Us
What really stood out was the amazing bit of tech he used to help build the ceremony — a clever system that drew together all our stories, memories, and moments to shape a perfect narrative. It meant every part of the ceremony was interconnected, natural, and deeply us! So many of our guests commented on how moving and engaging it was, and that’s entirely down to Ewan’s warmth, skill, and attention to detail.
We can’t thank him enough. We recommend Ewan without hesitation to anyone looking for a celebrant who will go above and beyond to make your day unforgettable.
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Meet the team
- I love being a celebrant - and alongside weddings, partnerships and vow renewals, I sometimes conduct funerals and baby namings. Weddings are my favourite though. 🙂
- Like many celebrants, I divide my time between this and a few other things: I work part-time with a design agency making things for good causes; I've been learning Japanese since I was lucky enough to spend a month there in 2024; and, like all men in their 40s, am recently more and more obsessed with all the musical stuff I wish I had spent the first half of my life playing with. When you speak to me on a Zoom call, my camera is carefully set up so you can't see that I'm in a room full of synthesisers.
- Until recently I spent most of my week working in national charities - specialising most recently in workplace mental health, and before that in supporting carers. Oh, and for 11 years I was a tour guide on a ghost walk… but please don't let that put you off.
- I'm really happy to be part of the Humanist Ceremonies network for training, accreditation, quality control and an awesome set of colleagues in the region who can step in if I suddenly catch covid. It happened last year.
- I've lived here in beautiful York for 28 years so far, and been happily married for 21 of those. (The most recent 21, in case you were wondering.)
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