Fees for Humanist Ceremonies

The Humanist Ceremonies™ network of celebrants is managed by an elected committee of accredited celebrants which sets its fee bands for different types of ceremony annually. Individual celebrants or groups of celebrants in particular localities then set their fees accordingly.

Fees for humanist ceremonies are different for each kind of ceremony and vary according to local competitive rates, the time and mileage the celebrant is required to travel, or the complexity a ceremony involves.

Any travel and accommodation costs incurred by the celebrant are often charged in addition to the agreed fee.

Each celebrant sets their own fees for the ceremonies they do and you will need to agree the fee with the individual celebrant. For weddings and naming ceremonies, you should expect to check fees directly with the celebrant, and pay them directly. For funerals, the fee is usually set by the celebrant with the funeral director and then included as part of the funeral director’s charges for disbursements.

Each year all celebrants in the BHA’s Humanist Ceremonies network set their fees within an agreed broad banding. The bandings for fees in 2009 have been agreed as follows:

All BHA -trained and accredited celebrants contribute a percentage of each fee they are paid for each ceremony as a levy towards celebrants’ training and quality standards and to the promotion and development of the BHA’s Humanist Ceremonies network.

Find a humanist celebrant in your area, trained and accredited by the BHA.