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Ceremonies by Gitte is a wedding celebrant based in Brighton, East Sussex, who specialises in relaxed, fun and non-traditional wedding celebrations. Celebrant Gitte strives to allow couples the freedom to personalise their ceremony so they can freely express their love story. If you want to dance down the aisle or write your own vows, Gitte will be delighted to help.

How about the most original, personal and inclusive non-religious ceremony that your people will always remember, including your unique love story told with passion, humour and buckets of love?

Services Offered

Ceremonies by Gitte would love to host a consultation with you to discuss your vision for your special day. Gitte can happily travel to Brighton, across England and even abroad to provide her services. This non-religious, humanist celebrant will allow you to design a wedding ceremony that is as unique as you. Gitte will offer as much guidance as possible while you prepare for your marital event. She will also help design creative and personalised rituals and elements for your ceremony and can rehearse with you before the big day to ensure everything runs smoothly for your momentous occasion.

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Language:

English
German
Spanish

Religion:

Non-religious/humanist

Type:

Celebrant
Officiant
Master of ceremonies
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Aditya
Aditya A. Sent on 17/10/2024
5 out of 5 rating

We couldn't have asked for more!

Gitte exudes love and kindness, and she made us feel at ease from our very first conversation to the end of the ceremony and beyond.

She spent time with us, got to know our story and had a great sense of what would or wouldn’t work for the ceremony. Coming from different, but rich cultural backgrounds, we didn’t want to do anything pastiche – Gitte helped us develop a ceremony and made some beautiful suggestions based on our conversations. She gave us some great ideas and options to consider, which were all super helpful. So many of the comments we received were about how personal and unique our ceremony was, which was of course all down to Gitte.

Her process and clear communication throughout helped us feel at ease on the day and meant everything ran smoothly. Even though it was her birthday she turned up early to coordinate with other suppliers and those involved in elements of the ceremony.

Gitte helped to make our wedding special for us and our guests – we couldn’t have asked for anything more!
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Hannah C. Sent on 21/07/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Warm and wonderful celebrant

Gitte is a wonderful human being and a fabulous celebrant. She transformed our wedding ceremony - and the whole day, really - into the most joyous, personal, meaningful event we could ever have wished for. Everybody commented on how special the ceremony was, especially the handfasting.
Gitte took lots of time getting to know us before the big day, and managed to weave our complicated life journeys towards one another into a shape that made sense to the crowd. The whole experience was really grounding and reaffirming. She has a beautiful warm energy and a gentle humour that immediately put us, and all of our guests, at ease.
I recommend Gitte to anyone looking for a meaningful, personal wedding ceremony. She will work with you to help you figure out what kind of event you want, and then she will be by your side coming up with new ideas/perspectives, affirming your own ideas, gently guiding and reassuring you, and generally making the whole experience much more fun and less stressful, all the way to the big day. With Gitte you will be in very safe hands!
Thank you so much x
Faye
Faye P. Sent on 25/03/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Fantastic, thoughtful and friendly

Our heartfelt thanks to Gitte for being such a wonderful celebrant. We had a really special time and your ceremony completely captured our relationship, we are so grateful for all your hard work. You created a really magical occasion, and the audience participation was the perfect touch to include our friends who are so important to us. It felt like you really understood us and what was needed to celebrate the occasion in a way which was completely individual and unique to us. Throughout you were kind and caring, you made sure everyone was included and provided extra personal touches, like the ribbons, to ensure we felt completely relaxed, comfortable and well looked after – all we needed to focus on was enjoying the day. Thank you so much.
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Catherine O. Sent on 30/10/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Wonderful Celebrant!

Gitte was just brilliant as a celebrant, being responsive to any questions we had, always relaxed and easy to communicate with. Gitte was very professional, but (thankfully) avoided any sense of over stuffiness or a tendency to steer what we wanted into any kind of format that wouldn't work for us; she was very open and happy to work with us in a creative and positive way to get the best out of the situation for all concerned. Gitte was a great listener and was genuinely engaged and committed to understanding what we really wanted from the event, whilst providing reassurance and confidence in the process - we were very happy indeed with her, always very personable, friendly and willing to really go that extra mile, to make the day go well (which it did+), Gitte comes highly recommended+++
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Kloe R. Sent on 14/10/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Gitte was the best!

Gitte was friendly but professional. She met with us to discuss what we would like and to hear our story.
She was very happy to make the changes we wanted. Also give helpful suggestions. Our ceremony was so personal, everyone loved it.

I am a wedding photographer and knew I wasn’t something different and Gitte definitely helped us with that. We had our wedding blessing in our back garden.

Thank you so much ♥️♥️♥️
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Cristina F. Sent on 23/07/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Wonderful, inclusive celebrant offering beautifully written and customised wedding ceremonies

Hiring Gitte to be our wedding celebrant was one of the best decisions we made!

Initially, we had planned to ask a friend to officiate our ceremony, but soon we realised that the ceremony was what we were the most stressed about because of how important it was for us to get it right and make it meaningful. So we decided to turn to a professional.

The next challenge was finding someone who shared similar values to ours and who would therefore hold our hand as we created a ceremony that aligned with these values. It was particularly important for us that we found a celebrant who was inclusive and mindful of the various kinds of guests who would be coming to the wedding.

When we came across Gitte's profile we immediately knew she was the right person: an inclusive, fun, queer-affirming, feminist celebrant with a passion for social justice, a love of nature and animals and a knack for languages. As a Spanish-French couple with a diversity of guests from multiple countries and having a woodland wedding, this was the perfect fit!

From the moment we reached out to Gitte, she was wonderful. We had a no-obligation call to get to know each other and we immediately loved her. The next step was filling out a thorough questionnaire to allow her to get to know our values better. A few months later she came to see us in our home and we went deeper into our love story and the structure of the ceremony, and she answered all of our questions with patience and wisdom. She also helped us decide on what kinds of rituals would best suit our ceremony.

When the script was ready she shared it with us and we were able to give her feedback and make tweaks. It was a completely customised script that she worked very hard on. She really went above and beyond to make it perfect.

As introverts, my husband and I were quite nervous about the ceremony, but thanks to Gitte's wonderful script, which brought a lot of lightheartedness and fun to it, we actually really enjoyed the ceremony and were able to savour the moment. Everyone commented on how beautiful the ceremony was, and there were lots of laughs. Gitte even incorporated words in multiple languages—she said a few words in French and Spanish for our families and even said 'Welcome' in every single language spoken by our guests!

Gitte really helped elevate our wedding ceremony and our day and to make it truly special, and we will always be incredibly grateful. I would highly recommend her as a celebrant to any other couples!
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Simon M. Sent on 11/01/2024
5 out of 5 rating

A wonderful celebrant

Aaah, we couldn’t praise Gitte highly enough! She’s a warm and wonderful person - the best starting point. She’s also a brilliant, sensitive celebrant.

With Gitte we got a ceremony that reflected us rather than follow convention for the sake of it. Gitte guided us by suggesting different elements that we would never have thought of ourselves, and gave us space to choose and adapt. We went for a “ring warming”, an inclusive ritual infused with the love of all our friends and family present. Ask Gitte if you’re intrigued!

The story Gitte told of us as a couple was joyous but not sentimental, with just the right amount of humour and drama. It was properly entertaining, and very “us”! Although we worked with Gitte on the script there were some lovely surprise elements. The whole ceremony was well structured, so we always felt in safe hands, but at the same time was relaxed and celebratory.

A family member commented that “usually at weddings you’re waiting for the service to end before the fun part begins, but with your wedding the service was part of the fun too.” High praise!

We are hugely grateful to Gitte for creating such a special occasion for us and recommend her wholeheartedly.
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Stephanie H. Sent on 08/01/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Supportive and cool!

Gitte’s experience and knowledge made our autumn wedding day run smoothly. Her openness to ideas and collaboration made our less conventional celebration just what we wanted! The perfect person to support us through the experience.
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Emma K. Sent on 24/04/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Wonderful Experience

Gitte was wonderful & helped us to create the most beautiful & personal wedding ceremony. All of our guests were so complimentary and all commented on how wonderful & personal the whole experience was. She really took the time to get to know and understand us. We honestly felt like she was a friend & one of our wedding guests rather than celebrant! Do not hesitate to hire Gitte!
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William C. Sent on 24/04/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing experience with Gitte

We had a perfect day with Gitte - everything in the run up to our wedding was smooth, and the day itself was perfect (in no small part thanks to Gitte's detailed preparation).

Thanks again Gitte!
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Kevin S. Sent on 18/11/2022
5 out of 5 rating

It was all pretty perfect, wasn't it?

Gitte is an incredible human being and celebrant. She's warm, supportive, has a beautiful energy, an amazing way with words and is a safe pair of hands. We've had lots of comments about how the wedding was very different from what people were used to, more relaxed and personal, and how good Gitte was as our celebrant. It was all pretty perfect.
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