Join us for an online talk on '3 things NOT to do when someone dies' - Tuesday 28 May
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Join us for an online talk on '3 things NOT to do when someone dies' - Tuesday 28 May 〰️
Coffin Club Brighton
Learn how to put together the funeral you want and deserve without it costing the earth.
Take away the fear and unknown and make it easier for your family and friends by making a practical and meaningful plan for when you are no longer here.
Learn from an award-winning team of celebrants and soul midwife.
Do you want to take control of what happens towards the end of your life and after you’ve died?
Instead of leaving the funeral planning to your family and friends - who are likely to feel upset, unsure and too emotionally exhausted to make decisions or ask questions - empower yourself to sort out the end of your life.
Find out what is possible for your end of life care and make decisions to help yourself and your people when you are no longer able to look after yourself.
Discover what is really possible to create a send-off that reflects you as a person and what you believe in, including practical, cost-effective and helpful elements of
Make a wish list that your people can easily follow and implement.
If you would like to support us with a small donation, or purchase our video lessons, click the button below.
Helping you to make the right choices for your funeral.
In our two-part course, you will learn everything you need to know about the options you have for your end of life and how to plan your perfect funeral, including how to personalise the ceremony. You will be guided through the course by experienced local celebrants and expert speakers on end of life and funerals.
Coffin Club Brighton is a safe and friendly community course to learn, explore and plan all the funeral options available to you. We'll guide you through the process of pre-planning your own funeral, so you and your family and friends don't have to worry about it when the time comes. We'll also cover the legal and financial aspects of funeral planning, so you can make informed decisions, including how to make it as cost-effective as possible.
We meet twice a year for in-person seminars full of information, discussion and practical advice to equip you to plan an authentic and valuable funeral - for yourself or someone close to you. We'll answer all your questions and help you make informed decisions.
Trust us - your family and friends will thank you for it.
Following the course, you will stay a life-time member with access to our members only online area and get exclusive access to creative workshops, social events and one-off webinars.
“Everyone who is going to die should attend Coffin Club”
— Miriam Margoyles, Coffin Club UK Patron
!New! We now have a mini-version of our Coffin Club online, giving you access to recorded videos of our expert speakers, our own insights and advice as funeral celebrants and a pack of information that you can use to make your plan, including access to our members only area. For a one-time fee, get access to this valuable resource to help you plan a personalised funeral.Did you know?
A massive part of our mission with Coffin Club Brighton is to help tackle funeral poverty. Both financial and emotional funeral poverty.
A fitting funeral does not have to come with extortionate costs putting you in debt. And, a simple send off does not have to be devoid of meaning and personality.
By sharing the often unknown options available around funerals - to make them affordable and aligned with your values and personality - we hope that more people will get a right good goodbye.
Have a look below at pictures from our 2023 course
and inspiration from some of the creative funeral ceremonies we have created as celebrants in the past.
Meet the team
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Gitte Monis
HUMANIST CELEBRANT
I believe that a good funeral brings people together and creates time and space to honour someone in a personal and fitting way.
My style is informal, warm and natural - quite literally often in nature - and I very much encourage contributions and participation to create a shared experience.
My non-religious ceremonies are uniquely crafted around the person’s story – and all the other people and stories that matter.
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Jess May
INDEPENDENT CELEBRANT
My work is varied but leans towards informality, Spiritual but not Religious, relaxed, joyous and often colourful.
I’m often to be found up to my ankles in mud in a Woodland Burial place.
I am passionate about Choice and about Transitions.
Death is a Life Transition and it can be celebrated in accordance with how a life has been lived!
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Katie Costello
SOUL MIDWIFE & CELEBRANT
Being by your bedside, attending hospital appointments, listening, or sitting together in silence, I will be there.
Curating a funeral or celebration of life, finding the words, creating the perfect service with all the best elements for your person, I will be there.
​Helping you understand, providing valuable knowledge, information and supporting you to find the tools, inside and out, to support someone you love, I will be there.