Humanist celebrant working with bereaved people - often in relation to particularly difficult or unexpected deaths, such as the death of a child in a road accident. Funeral directors are able to make arrangements with trained officiants in their local area. Humanist funerals have reportedly been held in recent years for Claire Rayner, Keith Floyd, Linda Smith, Ronnie Barker, and Lynsey de Paul, among others. The humanist funeral for former First Minister of Wales Rhodri Morgan in 2017 was the first national funeral in the United Kingdom to be led by a humanist celebrant, former AM Lorraine Barrett, as well as the
Celebrant Foundation and Institute transitions for people from all walks of life through the training, certification, and ongoing support of professionally certified Life-cycle Celebrants®, and by providing public education, outreach, and advocacy. CF&I Celebrant Certification Training and Education: The Celebrant Foundation & Institute offers educational programs taught via live, real time, web-based classes. Individuals looking for a change in career either as an independent, full-time, or part-time job have taken courses at the Celebrant Foundation in the pursuit of starting a career as a certified Life-Cycle Celebrant. Celebrant students follow the CF&I interdisciplinary, Jungian-based education program that focuses on the history and art of