CLH Talks — Are funerals dying out? — Phil Walder

Note: this event was originally scheduled to be a talk on nuclear energy. Due to unforeseen circumstances, that talk had to be cancelled.

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Join us for an evening with our guest speaker Phil Walder to reflect on the current state of humanist funeral ceremonies in the UK, and for a memorable tour through the decades of intriguing stories from his work as a celebrant.

Phil Walder
Phil has been an active member of Humanist UK for over 20 years and has been a trained and accredited celebrant for 12 years.

Phil creates and lead memorable and meaningful non-religious funerals, celebrations of life, memorials, and ash ceremonies. Each humanist ceremony is unique and custom-made, and is an authentic reflection of the individual's life and values.

He has performed ceremonies in unconventional places, and for everyone from a Supreme Court judge to a South London gangster.

To contact Phil regarding his celebrant work, see his Humanist Ceremonies profile here.

Venue for the talk
Old Diorama Arts Centre

Schedule for the evening

• 6:30pm: Arrival, drinks and socialising
• 7pm: Speaker presentation
• 7:45pm: break for refreshments
• 8pm: Q&A with speaker
• 8:30pm: meeting ends - we move on to post-meeting pub social

Post-event social
As with all our in-person talks at the Old Diorama Arts Centre, we will move on to a local pub for a post event social. So from 8:30 PM we will be going to the Queen's Head and Artichoke, 30-32 Albany St, London, NW1 4EA.

Payment
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Central London Humanist Group
Sort code: 30-94-25
Account number: 19143068
Reference: Talk

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