Hi, I’m Hayleigh
Celebrant. Professional life celebrator. Lover of a good story, a great outfit, and a ceremony that feels like you.
I'm based between London and the South Coast, and if there's one thing you should know about me, it's that I genuinely believe life's biggest moments deserve more than a generic script and a few polite nods from the audience.
Whether it's a wedding, a vow renewal, or a celebration of life, I love bringing people together through stories, laughter, happy tears, questionable dance moves, and all the little moments that make us who we are.
As your celebrant, I'm not just the person with the microphone. I'm your idea-bouncer, ceremony-planner, voice-note receiver, hype woman, calm-in-the-chaos, and occasional reminder that this whole thing is supposed to be fun.
I can tell you, the best ceremonies aren't copied from Pinterest or pulled from a template. They're personal, memorable, and the kind of ceremonies where guests leave saying, "That was SO them."
My Story
Before becoming a celebrant, I spent 15 years working in Fashion Buying. My days were filled with trend forecasting, spreadsheets, deadlines, colour palettes, and debating very important things like whether a shade is cream, ivory, ecru, or "winter white".
The result?
I'm ridiculously organised, slightly obsessed with details, and very good at taking lots of moving parts and turning them into something brilliant.
The reason I became a celebrant, though, is much more personal.
In 2024, I lost my sister very suddenly. When it came to planning her funeral, I knew there was one thing it absolutely couldn't be: generic. My sister was loud, outrageous, funny, fearless, and completely unapologetically herself.
So her farewell was too.
Think Foo Fighters blasting through the speakers, leopard-print Order of Service, stories that made people laugh through their tears, and a eulogy that contained exactly the amount of profanity she would have approved of.
It was heartbreaking and beautiful but most importantly it was her.
Creating that ceremony made me realise something important: every life deserves to be celebrated in a way that reflects the person at the heart of it.
Whether that's a wedding ceremony full of inside jokes and personality, or a farewell that captures a life well lived, the magic is in telling the story properly.
Not just any story, your story. And that's exactly why I do what I do.
