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On Hitched.co.uk since 2022

Last update: April 2025

I am experienced wedding Celebrant, accredited by Humanists UK and passionate about creating personal, heartfelt and fun wedding ceremonies in North and West Yorkshire and beyond. Starting from our very first meeting, I will bring a weatlh of energy and ideas for your ceremony and then lovingly guide you through the process to create your wedding ceremony that is unique to you and your love. Inspired by your love story and from taking the time to get to know you and what you want from your wedding, I will ensure your ceremony is meaningful and memorable both for you and your guests. I am proud to be a two times winner of a Hitched Wedding Award both in 2024 and 2025 thanks to the amazing feedback that I receive from my wonderful couples.

Services Offered

I only offer one wedding per day, so as to give your celebration my undivided attention and afford you maximum flexibility around timings. I am also part of a wide network of Humanist Celebrants so, if for any reason, I couldn't lead your ceremony, one of my colleagues would be able to step in. My process starts as soon as you book in as, no matter how far ahead your wedding is, we begin getting to know each other which helps me to then tailor suggestions and recommendations for your ceremony. We can, of course, also include any readings, music pieces, or symbolic acts that interest you, no matter how quirky! My wedding package includes unlimited communication, a bespoke script, a presentation copy of your script as a keepsake as well as all travel to and from meetings in advance and to your venue on the day itself. I guarentee that you will love your ceremony and the whole experience with me, but don't have to just take my word for it, check out my Hitched reviews to find out what it's like working with me.

  • Woman-owned

Frequently asked questions

Language:

English
French
Spanish

Religion:

Non-religious/humanist

Type:

Celebrant

Served in

North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire

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Reviews for Helen Phillips Your Best Life Celebrant

Rebecca
Rebecca Sent on 22/09/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing Celebrant

We are so grateful to have had Helen as a part of our wedding day. Her words were absolutely perfect, capturing the essence of our love story with such warmth and authenticity. From the very beginning, she made the effort to get to know us, and it really showed in the beautiful and personal ceremony she crafted. Her delivery was nothing short of amazing. Our family and friends couldn't stop talking about how special and tailored the ceremony was. Thank you, Helen, for making our day unforgettable and for giving us the most heartfelt start to this new chapter in our lives!
Lucy
Lucy Sent on 27/10/2024
5 out of 5 rating

🌟 the absolute best celebrant 🌟

Without a shadow of a doubt, choosing Helen to be our celebrant was one of the best decisions we could have made for our wedding. We both knew we wanted a celebrant led ceremony, and Helen not only met our expectations but absolutely surpassed them. She took the time to get to know us, and really managed to reflect this in her script. Her writing is beautiful, she made sure to give thoughtful insight into both of us individually and as a couple, while injecting humour and light hearted moments too. We truly feel Helen’s words, helped us to be vulnerable and open in our vows, as we both felt safe and inspired to do so. We felt at ease with Helen straight away and I know that’s how our loved one’s felt throughout the ceremony - despite not meeting her in the way we had, which I think says such a lot and is a testament to Helen’s warmth and skill as a celebrant. The feedback we have had, both on the day and since, only reinforces how brilliant we think Helen is.

A huge thank you Helen, we appreciate you and will forever be thankful for our amazing ceremony. You really helped kick start the day and we will always cherish such an unforgettable and special time! ❤️

Ps absolute bonus points for the amazing sparkly heels you wore, very on theme and again, so many people commented on how fab they were ✨
Jessie
Jessie Sent on 03/05/2025
5 out of 5 rating

A magical ceremony - Helen is a genius and a joy!

Choosing Helen to be our celebrant for our wedding last autumn was one of the BEST decisions we made. She was so professional and easy to work with and made the whole process an absolute joy. The initial zoom session to get to know us and understand us as a couple had the potential to be awkward but Helen made the whole thing seem so natural and relaxed. She also guided us through the various options for what we could include in our ceremony and helped us to narrow down our choices. She then took all of the information from this and wrote a beautiful first draft for the ceremony that we were then able to review and amend as we liked. She was also super patient and encouraging while helping us to individually write our own vows and incredibly accommodating working around a 7 hour time difference! The end result was a unique and heartfelt ceremony that truly captured who we are and the story of our life together up until that point. We would wholeheartedly recommend Helen to anybody!

Thank you Helen for making our day so magical!
Rosanna
Rosanna Sent on 01/11/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Helen is the most wonderful celebrant

I don't even know where to start writing this review, it's taken me a month to put the words together and I think part of the reason for that is because I don't want to admit that its all over now, if you're considering a humanist or celebrant led wedding ceremony then you won't regret choosing Helen.
Every video call, meeting, and email conversation with Helen brought a smile to my face, she guided us through wedding planning with all of her valuable experience and knowledge (her initial questionnaire alone was better than any wedding planning guide online or the journal I bought!)
By the time our wedding day came around Helen felt like a friend and it just made sense that she was the one to be stood up there with us in front of all of our friends and family, telling our story better than we could ever tell it ourselves.
Our entire wedding day was perfect, but out of everything we chose, the thing we received the most compliments on from guests was Helen delivering our ceremony.
It was so important for us to have our three daughters involved, the day was just as much for them as it was for us and Helen understood this straight away and was on board with making the ceremony special for them and including them, she even had a video call with our eldest a couple of weeks before the wedding to settle her nerves and discuss the reading that Helen had found for her.
Helen's attention to detail is amazing, she listened to everything we said and created our dream ceremony as though it was the easiest thing in the world, it must be scary to present a couples own story back to them as a script but I'll never forget the first time I read it and we will cherish that script for the rest of our lives, Helen couldn't have got it more perfect for us.
In the ceremony she made everyone feel welcome and relaxed just like we hoped, it came naturally to her, she has found what she is meant to do and I'm so happy that she was such a huge a part of our day.
Circle
Circle Sent on 28/10/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Absolutely Fantastic!

Absolutely Fantastic! Helen is Brilliant, me and my now Wife aren't religious at all so we wanted a humanist ceremony and after speaking with Helen via video call we knew straight away she was the one!

What she wrote was genuinely amazing, informative yet comical and it was great hearing our guests talk about it afterwards as they loved hearing about our story as someone of them didn't know exactly how we met etc a lot of our guests had never been to a humanist ceremony and said it was far more interesting than a religious one!

What was also great is Helen can control the room, sometimes at weddings things can get a little hectic with no one listening and people trying to get involved but Helen laid down the law and took charge which made things run very smoothly!

If I were to ever get married again ( hopefully not, as it's only been a month haha ) I would 100% book Helen again!

Thanks so much for making our day extra special! :)

Ant & Kat
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Jane Sent on 16/09/2024
4.8 out of 5 rating

Brilliant ceremony

I am so glad that we found Helen to be our celebrant at our wedding. Throughout it has been an absolute pleasure working with her. I can't imagine anyone else doing our ceremony now.

From our first consultation call we felt really comfortable with her and listened to. She has interacted with us through our posts on social media so it felt like she got to know us well, before we met her in person. She asked us to fill out a questionnaire which allowed us to think more deeply about what we wanted from the ceremony and then gave us a book about humanist weddings which was full of lovely ideas.
It was great to meet up with her in person and chat together over coffee. Her approach is very flexible and inclusive. She was happy to accommodate a Christian element into the ceremony to represent my faith and worked well with my friend who did that part. She was very accommodating and sensitive about my daughter who is autistic and helped her to participate. Our wish was to be married outside in the woods at Lineham Farm and despite some rain we got our wish. Helen coped admirably with the rain and a temperamental PA system. We were worried about our parents with hearing issues missing out so she provided print outs of the script.
Helen encouraged us when we were keen to include a hand fasting and through this we were able to include our 3 children and it felt very important and meaningful as we were becoming a family not just a couple.
When Helen sent us the script we were both in tears reading it. There were only very minor changes that we wanted to make and she was very responsive about these.
On the day she delivered a beautiful, personal, heartfelt, funny , informal, emotional ceremony with a wonderful story telling style.
So many of our guests commented on how special the ceremony was and how they felt honoured to have shared in it with us.
If you are looking for someone to give you a wedding ceremony that will be highly personal then I'd definitely recommend Helen . She is amazing.
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Lisa Sent on 26/09/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Helen is passionate about what she does and her dedication to her craft is evident with her beautifully personalized ceremony!

From the moment we read Helen’s bio we knew that she would be the perfect celebrant for us! Having similar interests and an appreciation for our quirky sense of humour it was no surprise that she made our meetings fun and stress free. As she got to know our love story it became like talking to a friend; one we were very glad to have speak so eloquently at our wedding! We had numerous guests compliment on how personalized Helen made the ceremony and spoke about us, our friends and family with such confidence it felt like she had been one of the gang for years. Helen was open and encouraging as we implemented small traditions, from inside jokes to hand fasting, making our day of unity truly special. We would 100% recommend Helen as a celebrant and enjoy watching her presence on social media as she brings the same joy to others as she did to us!
Heather
Heather Sent on 24/07/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Beyond imagination

Thank you so much Helen for shaping our ceremony into something so incredible, we never imagined it could be so personal, funny and just captured exactly who we are. We organised the wedding from the other side of the world and nothing was too much for Helen, over numerous meetings and chats over a cuppa tea, we got to share our story and shape our ceremony into more than we could have imagined. Our guests couldnt stop talking about how different and fantastic the ceremony was and how everyone wants a humanist ceremony now! Making the ceremony about us as a couple rather than traditional methods we felt really made our day so special. Thank you, I would recomend Helen to ANYONE
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Rachael Sent on 21/10/2024
5 out of 5 rating

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Helen is amazing and I could not recommend her more - if you are looking for a celebrant look no further. We always knew we wanted something more personal and Helen delivered perfectly. So many of our guests commented on how much they loved the ceremony and how amazing Helen was. Thank you Helen for making our day extra special
Paul
Paul Sent on 02/06/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Dream Ceremony - Full Of Personality!

Helen was an absolutely amazing celebrant, we couldn't have imagined getting married by anyone else! We feel like she really got to know us during our initial meet-up - so when she showed us the first draft of our script it was already so personal and special to us, it brought a tear to me eye! We didn't change much from there, but when we did want to tweak or add something Helen was always so responsive and willing to make it happen.

At first we had no idea what we wanted, but Helen's suggestion to include a handfasting was a great idea, it really helped us involve other guests outside the bridal party and groom party. That really helped get our ideas flowing - we're very quirky, humorous and laid back, and Helen was so helpful in listening to our other suggestions. Our idea to add in a "burrito duel" with foam burritos to decide who read their vows first really made it feel like *our* ceremony with our personalities stamped all over it, which was exactly what we dreamed of!

The ceremony was delivered superbly on the day and all went according to plan. Our wedding day just felt perfect and Helen was such a crucial part of making it happen, getting the party started in the best possible way! We would absolutely recommend her!
Laura
Laura Sent on 21/10/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Absolutely perfect ceremony!

Helen was amazing from start to finish. The vows were personalised perfectly and Helen was professional and extremely personable from start to finish. She made us feel incredibly comfortable to share personal details at what was for us a very emotional time for lots of reasons.
We had a few special requests which Helen accommodated without hesitation.
We are so very grateful for the beautiful memories.
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Pete Sent on 21/10/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Wonderful!

Helen officiated a beautiful ceremony for us, handled with grace and skill.
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Aaron Sent on 20/05/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Mr Aaron Bateman-Ward

From the first moment we spoke to Helen we knew she was going to be the person we chose to be our Celebrant for our wedding day. What we didn’t know is that she would take the time to get to know and understand us personally; our relationship; our journey through life before each other and with each other; and take the time to understand all of that to put into context our story for all our family and friends on our special day. And I can say that, hand on heart, that Helen made our wedding day into that special day. It’s perhaps cliche to say our friends and family all said how wonderful she was, but more so I had people from my partners family come up to me and express wonder at parts of my story, at how that made them feel closer to me and that those facts made me feel more a part of my new family. If you’re on the fence about choosing Helen to be your celebrant, don’t be. Get over that fence and book her!
Steph
Steph Sent on 10/12/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Helen was the best celebrant we could have asked for!

Helen wrote and planned us such a beautiful wedding ceremony, I would recommend her to anyone looking for a non traditional / non religious wedding ceremony. I couldn't believe the amount of detail she managed to get from our meeting, and writing vows that were so personal to us.

Thanks again Helen 💖
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Alex Sent on 10/03/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Brilliant Experience for our Day

Helen was absolutely brilliant for us, really built a beautiful ceremony to what we wanted and really helped make our day how we wanted. She worked with us throughout to make sure everything we needed and wanted was covered.
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