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Thank You... We're Nearly Halfway There

When I launched this campaign, I honestly didn't know what to expect.

Today, thanks to your kindness, generosity, encouragement, prayers, dedications, and shares, we've raised £1,800 — 47% of the way towards the target.

I'm deeply grateful to every single person who has donated, shared the campaign, made a dedication, or simply taken the time to send words of encouragement. Every act of support has reminded me that this work matters, and that I'm not walking this path alone.

Reaching almost half of the target feels like a real milestone. It means that becoming fully mobile as a disabled, black, bisexual female Buddhist civil celebrant is no longer just a hope—it's becoming a genuine possibility.

We're now over halfway through the campaign, so this is the moment when sharing becomes especially powerful. If you've already donated, one of the greatest ways you can continue to help is by sharing the campaign with your friends, family, colleagues, or community. You never know who might read my story and feel moved to support.

This campaign has never really been about buying a car. It's about removing one practical barrier so I can continue serving families through weddings, funerals, naming ceremonies, and life's many transitions with dignity, compassion, and presence. It's about making it possible for me to build a sustainable livelihood, without jeopardising my health as I continue my Buddhist practice and serve others.

Thank you for believing in me, in this work, and in the difference it can make.

With love, gratitude and hope,

Dionne
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See what I can do - how far I’ve come. I’m asking for your help through the finish line.

Please share this campaign.

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Fancy A Cuppa - On The Road To A Car

I’m is raising funds to buy an accessible car (automatic to be precise because of all my health conditions). I’m unable to work without a car because ceremonies are held in multiple locations throughout a day and is held on a tight schedule.

I’m asking for the price of a coffee, which doesn’t feel like much on its own. But across a community, it can be the thing that changes everything, and helps me keep doing work that matters to so many people.
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Thank you for reading this, have an awesome week! Don’t forget ☀️ protective lotion if your own my side of the equator.

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Support Inclusive Ceremonies — Help a Disabled Celebrant Stay Mobile

I’m ready to hold special ceremonies for life’s most meaningful moments — from weddings to funerals, but without a car, I can’t get there.

Your support will help her turn her skill and purpose into real, sustainable work.
Please help her:
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WHY CEREMONY MATTERS

There is a thread that quietly weaves through everything I do.

Whether I’m standing with a couple on their wedding day, holding space for a family saying goodbye to a loved one, guiding women through a menopause ceremony, or leading an Inner Ceremony Journey, the heart of the work is the same:

Ceremony.

Many people think a ceremony is simply an event. A gathering. A ritual. A special occasion marked on a calendar. But a true ceremony is something much deeper.

At its essence, a ceremony is a conscious pause.

It is a moment when we stop moving on autopilot and bring our full attention to a transition, a change, a loss, a beginning, an ending, or a becoming.

For thousands of years, human beings have used ceremony to help us make sense of life’s biggest moments. Ceremonies help us honour what has been, acknowledge what is changing, and step intentionally into what comes next.

Without ceremony, transitions can feel confusing, abrupt, or unfinished.

With ceremony, they become meaningful.

A ceremony helps us move from one chapter of life to another with awareness, dignity, and purpose.

This is why ceremony matters.

As a civil celebrant, I create ceremonies for life’s visible milestones: weddings, funerals, naming ceremonies, coming-of-age celebrations, menopause ceremonies, and other significant moments that deserve to be witnessed and remembered.

But alongside this work, I also facilitate Inner Ceremony Journey.

The difference is that one takes place in the outer world, and the other takes place within.

💫In a wedding ceremony, two people cross a threshold together.
💫In a funeral, a family navigates the threshold of loss.
💫In a naming ceremony, a child or adult is welcomed into a new identity.

At ‘Inner Ceremony Journey’ event, the threshold might love invisible. It may be a belief that no longer serves you, an emotion waiting to be felt, a version of yourself that is ready to be released, or a deeper truth waiting to emerge which is why it’s felt on a profound level.

Yet the purpose remains the same:

🤍To create a safe, intentional container for transformation.

This is why I often describe myself as a ceremonist.

Not simply because I officiate ceremonies, but because I understand the deeper role that ceremony plays in helping people navigate change.

And this is where the alchemy comes in.

People often ask why I call myself The Ceremony Alchemist.

Alchemy was never simply about turning lead into gold.

At its heart, alchemy is the process of transformation.

It is the art of taking something in one form and helping it become something new.

💫A wedding transforms two lives into a shared journey.
💫A funeral transforms grief into remembrance.
💫A menopause ceremony transforms an ending into a rebirth.
💫An Inner Ceremony Journey transforms insight into embodied wisdom.

My role is not to change people.

My role is to create the conditions where transformation can happen naturally.

To listen deeply.

To weave together stories, symbols, practices, and experiences.

To help people recognise the significance of the moment they are living through.

And to support them in crossing the threshold with intention.

Whether that happens in front of a room full of guests or with your eyes closed on a Yoga Nidra mat, the work is ultimately the same.

It is the work of ceremony.

And perhaps now more than ever, in a world that moves so quickly, we need spaces that invite us to slow down, pay attention, and honour the moments that shape who we are becoming.

Dionne
The Ceremony Alchemist
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