Combined Ceremonies

Couples wishing to find out more about this new and exciting pilot scheme can in the first instance contact Civil Ceremonies Ltd where a list of celebrants participating can be found.  Celebrants must be listed with Civil Ceremonies Ltd.

Yes, only an authorised person such as an approved religious person or Registrar can legally marry you.  A civil celebrant can therefore not conduct the legal ceremony.

As the legal ceremony must be conducted in an Approved Venue within Staffordshire, the combined ceremony must also take place in one of our Approved Venues.

If you wish to use a civil celebrant, you can contact participating celebrants directly to discuss details of the ceremony you would like.  As long as the venue for your ceremony is an approved within Staffordshire, you can now combine the celebrant led ceremony by booking your legal ceremony with Staffordshire County Council in the usual way.  All celebrants must be listed with Civil Ceremonies Ltd

Registrars and the participating civil celebrant will then liaise with each other to incorporate the choices you have made for your legal ceremony with those made with the civil celebrant led service.

If a celebrant led ceremony was your choice, historically you would still need to legally marry, often on a different day without all of your guests etc.

You can now ensure that the legal marriage is on the same date and at the same time.

You may also wish to have parts of the ceremony in different locations at the venue.   A combined ceremony would allow the civil celebrant to continue your celebrations in other, non-licensed parts of the venue.