Become a celebrant mentor
Mentoring is at the heart of our celebrant training. For trainees, their mentor is the key to building close relationships with colleagues, and developing a successful practice.
We are looking for celebrants that are ready to share their skills, experience and knowledge to support and mentor a celebrant trainee. We are recruiting celebrants for our next free, online mentor training course on 15 November 2026.
Mentoring is at the heart of our celebrant training. For trainees, their mentor is the key to building close relationships with colleagues, and developing a successful practice. In turn, mentors gain valuable experience in a rewarding role, and receive £186 for each trainee mentored (plus reasonable travel expenses) once the mentee’s initial training is complete. Being a mentor is a chance for you to reflect on what you have learnt, and to gain a new perspective through a fresh pair of eyes.
To become a mentor, you simply need to be fully accredited in at least one ceremony type, have ceremonies experience to draw on, and be interested in seeing others do well and gain confidence. You must be able to offer trainees the opportunity to observe you leading a ceremony, and conducting meetings, or be able to find someone else in your area who can if you don’t have ceremonies during the training period.
If you already have mentoring experience from other areas of your life, our course will show you how to apply this in the context of our celebrant training programme.
If you are interested in becoming a mentor please download the job description and person specification and click 'Become a mentor' to complete the application.
If you would like to discuss any aspect of the role or the training, please get in touch with the People Team at ceremonies-recruitment@humanists.uk.
- Department
- Ceremonies
- Location
- UK-wide
- Job type
- Consultant
- Remote Status
- Fully remote
About Humanists UK
We started out in 1896, and since then we’ve always been a growing movement at the forefront of social change. Today we’re trusted by over 120,000 members and supporters and over 70 local and special interest affiliates to promote humanism.
We put humanism into practice through effective campaigning and services, supporting lasting change for happier, more fulfilling lives. Our policies are informed with the support of over 150 of the UK’s most prominent philosophers, scientists, and other thinkers and experts and we seek to advance them with the help of over 100 parliamentarians in membership of the All Party Parliamentary Humanist Group. We bring like-minded people together to make change happen, and we strive to be their voice in public debate, drawing on contemporary humanist thought and the worldwide humanist tradition.
We’ve been conducting non-religious funerals, weddings, and baby-namings for 120 years. Our highly trained celebrants are the best you’ll find anywhere, and they support individuals to create authentic, bespoke ceremonies that put people and their stories at the heart of every occasion.
We also help vulnerable people easily access like-minded and effective non-religious pastoral support that is specially tailored to work for them. Our trained and accredited non-religious pastoral support volunteers operate across hospitals, prisons, and the armed forces.