Stuart Baillie first met ‘The Kates’ in 2018 shortly after they’d set up a local Coffin Club, he caught up with them recently to find out all about their mission to change the face of funerals forever! When you meet Kate Tym and Kate Dyer it’s never anything other than an uplifting experience. As a […]
Couples whose big days were on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic will have reason to celebrate as weddings and civil partnerships in East Sussex are set to resume as from today. Many couples though are still planning to wait until next year. Kate Tym one half of the award-winning independent celebrat team Kate and […]
Six couples are taking a human rights case to the High Court this week in a bid to secure legal recognition for marriages conducted by humanist celebrants in England and Wales. Here Kate Tym, part of the award winning Hastings based Independent Celebrant team of Kate and Kate Celebrants argues that ALL celebrants; humanist and independent […]
After looking at the situation surrounding weddings yesterday, today Kate Tym of Kate and Kate Celebrants talks us through the legalities and realities of lockdown funerals. When we talk about funerals in the UK we have a shared image of what we’re talking about. A gathering of mourners at either a place of worship or […]
Kate Tym and Kate Dyer are former East Sussex Marriage Registrars who are now freelance celebrants – an alternative to a marriage registrar, a vicar or other faith leader. They can conduct any ceremony you like, anywhere you like and at any time but they don’t do the legal bits – those are arranged separately. Here’s […]
Local women Kate Tym and Kate Dyer scooped as prestigious national award on Saturday night when they were crowned Funeral Celebrants of the Year at The Association of Green Funeral Directors, Good Funeral Awards 2019. They were uncommonly lost for words when the award was announced later saying: “This really is an enormous accolade and […]
Two women, passionate about changing the way we think about funerals, are in line for a top industry award. Independent celebrants Kate Tym and Kate Dyer have won their way through to the finals of The Association of Green Funeral Directors, Good Funeral Awards, in the category of Funeral Celebrant of the Year. The Kates […]
Stuart Baillie first met Kate Tym and Kate Dyer more than a year ago and has been fascinated by their ‘Coffin Club’ ever since. This week he went along to a meeting to find what it’s all about… When I first heard about a group called ‘Coffin Club’ I wondered what it was all […]
When Miriam Margolyes came to Hastings to make a film with Coffin Club’s Kate Tym and Kate Dyer she only planned to visit once but she enjoyed the experience so much she’s been back not just once, but twice and has even become the charity’s Patron “Miriam and her film crew came along to our […]
