Una is literally a dream come true!! From the first moment we met her at a wedding fair we already knew we needed to have her involved in our big day despite having not really planned any other aspect at that point. Throughout the whole wedding planning process, Una was always on hand not only within her role as a celebrant but also as an advice giver/ shoulder to cry (rant) on/ all round wedding fairy godmother 💕
The script Una wrote for us, despite how fussy and picky I am, was so perfectly us and it was as if she'd known us all our lives - the way she was able to know what mattered to us and how to get across our story the way we wanted.
On the day, Una was a dream at keeping Michael calm whilst everything around him went off track and delivered our ceremony so perfectly! I actually felt really sad when the time came for Una to go as it didn't seem fair that she couldn't be there to enjoy the rest of the day with us since she had been a part of the process from day one!
The biggest way to prove the impact Una had was despite all the quirky extras we added to our day, the most positive feedback we got from every single guest was how incredible our ceremony was and they'd never been to a wedding so beautiful and personal to the couple, we are so so grateful to have had Una with us on our big day and I can only hope to stay in touch and go for lots of Guinness pints together in the future!

Where do we even begin with Una. My now wife Emma and I were on the hunt for a celebrant as we knew we wanted to have a more flexible wedding ceremony in fitting with our alternative wedding venue and general style. The universe brought us to Una by chance at a wedding fair in Future Yard, Birkenhead and we knew instantly that she was the perfect fit for us.

If you are looking for a helpful, friendly, personal, expert celebrant to guide you through and lead your most special day we wouldn’t look any further.

Una met with us several times in the build up to the wedding to understand us on a personal level in order to build a script for the wedding celebration. She introduced us to several ideas for a more personal touch, which we decided on hand fasting and ring warming as the right fit for us with our dog collar believe it or not, and coproduced everything with us at every stage of the process - even sending us a night before wedding story which made us both feel so comfortable and calm the night before the big day.

Una was the comfort blanket that Emma needed when nervously waiting at the head of the makeshift aisle and was truly a ray of sunshine on what was the perfect day.

As a keepsake of the day Una printed a full copy of the ceremony script and our personal vows in beautiful booklets so her rates go far beyond that of just a transaction and really do, and did, provide such a broad and wide ranging experience for us.

As a same sex couple I would say it’s really important to feel safe with your vendors, as it is still something you feel you have to think about more cautiously - at no point did Una make us feel any way other than celebrated for our queerness and most importantly our love for one another.

We are writing this one year on from the day in celebrating our wedding anniversary and still feel as grateful and fond of The Joy Celebrant as we did on first meeting Una and having her lead on our ceremony.

We were absolutely delighted with Una and the beautiful ceremony she crafted for us! She went above and beyond to make our ceremony truly unforgettable. Her attention to detail, warmth, and genuine care for us as a couple shone through in every aspect of our ceremony. She created such a personalized celebration that not only captured the essence of our love story, but also clearly touched the hearts of everyone present. We cannot recommend Una's services highly enough to anyone seeking a deeply meaningful and personal wedding ceremony.
Thank you Una!

We couldn’t rate Una any higher. She was the best Celebrant we could have ever wished for.
The communication with her from the very beginning was incredibly seamless, professional, and pleasant.
Una is incredibly dedicated to her work, with a kind attention the detail, incredibly respectful and thoughtful. She thinks of everything to make the ceremony unique, magical and unforgettable for the couple and the guests.
Una had worked hard and attentively to write the wonderful script for our ceremony that told the story of how we first met and what our love means to us and to our family.
She had even done a deep dive into different traditions and rituals we could incorporate and was ready with wonderful ideas about the script and examples on vows and readings.
This took all the pressure from us and we could essentially just show up on the ceremony and be led by her during our most special day.
There was not a single guest at our wedding ceremony who did not come to us to say that they were profoundly moved by the special and personal ceremony they had witnessed.
We cannot thank Una enough for all her work and dedication and couldn’t recommend her enough to all future newly weds.