Kate Mukungu, Community Celebrant

Kate Mukungu, Community Celebrant Celebrant helping you to create a space of togetherness in funerals, weddings, naming ceremonies and more. I also aim to shine a light on funeral poverty.

Direct message or email [email protected]

Unity Through Ceremony 🫶 I am trained, qualified and insured to hold funerals, weddings, naming ceremonies, transition ceremonies and more. Before church and state existed, people in communities have held ceremonies. I believe the purpose of a ceremony is to create unity. I am committed to providing inclusive ceremonies that reflect the iden

tities and beliefs of people being celebrated. Whether you or your loved one has taken a traditional faith path, identify as agnostic, atheist, humanist or something else entirely, it would be my honour to work with you to design your ceremony. I aim to promote equality by serving people that have previously been excluded from ceremonies. Based in South Shields I usually cover Tyne and Wear. I am happy to travel further if you want me as your celebrant. You can reach me by email [email protected] or through messenger.

I'm delighted to say my website, which has been a labour of love, is now live. I am happy about how it fully explains wh...
22/08/2025

I'm delighted to say my website, which has been a labour of love, is now live. I am happy about how it fully explains who I am and what I do. I'd love your feedback. Please like, save and share the details.

Image Description for low vision or blind people using assistive tech. The image shows the landing page of the website which has a picture of Kate in a blue dress. The web link www.katemukungucelebrant.com is superimposed on the image.






The Japanese concept of ikigai encourages us to reflect on our reason for being. I can't say Ikigai helped me decide to ...
19/08/2025

The Japanese concept of ikigai encourages us to reflect on our reason for being. I can't say Ikigai helped me decide to be a celebrant but it did assure me this was a good decision.

I think each of us have many reasons for being. Ikigai can help when we want to think those reasons through. However, we have to acknowledge the huge inequalities in the world when it comes to people being able to realise their potential.

Image Description for people who are blind or have low vision and use assistive technology.

The venn diagram has four circles inside of which are written 1. what you love 2. what the world needs 3. what you can be paid for 4. Your strengths. These circles intersect around four words - passion, mission, vocation and profession. Ikigai or reason for being is at the centre.

I have vivid memories of posting this on my personal Facebook 3 years ago. The term funeral poverty was one I already kn...
17/08/2025

I have vivid memories of posting this on my personal Facebook 3 years ago. The term funeral poverty was one I already knew well through my work and it is becoming more widely experienced in recent years. I'm bringing this issue into my work as a celebrant promoting information on funeral choices. More details will come very soon when my website goes live (next week).

Image Description; the text says "Local BBC news with a son talking about the Go fund Me needed to bury his impoverished mother. Cashed in pension to pay for fuel. Crying face emoji.

This is so inspiring.
13/08/2025

This is so inspiring.

Here's to all you wonderful left-handed folk. May the human world better shape itself for you. ❤️Image Description: agai...
13/08/2025

Here's to all you wonderful left-handed folk. May the human world better shape itself for you. ❤️

Image Description: against a teal background there is an image of four left hands holding pens. The text says 13th August, International Lefthander's Day.



Thank you Dead Good Legacies . Your lovely image is going on the Social Purpose page of my website. I have great peers i...
11/08/2025

Thank you Dead Good Legacies . Your lovely image is going on the Social Purpose page of my website. I have great peers in the North East and I am thankful. Uploading it in 3, 2, 1. 🙏

I took this snap earlier before I went for free headshots with a local photographer who also teaches other photographers...
09/08/2025

I took this snap earlier before I went for free headshots with a local photographer who also teaches other photographers about lighting. I have no idea how the shots will turn out but I had fun with lovely people. If they look good I'll give the photographer a shout out but if I look frightful I will pretend it never happened. 😂




It was my absolute pleasure. 🫶Image Description: a white greetings card with two rings is captioned "thank you for marry...
08/08/2025

It was my absolute pleasure. 🫶

Image Description: a white greetings card with two rings is captioned "thank you for marrying us"





The Ring Warming Ritual is one of my favourites. It encourages the conscious transmission of positive thoughts and energ...
06/08/2025

The Ring Warming Ritual is one of my favourites. It encourages the conscious transmission of positive thoughts and energy from the guests to the couple - I love that! Have you been to a wedding where this or another ritual was done? What do you think of it?

Image Descriptions:
Slide one and three have images, the first image is a wooden box with two wedding rings and the next wedding couple during the ceremony with guests in the background. Slide two has the following text

Ring Warming Ritual
In this ritual wedding rings are passed around all the ceremony guests before being exchanged by the couple. Each guest holds the ring, gives good wishes to the couple and passes the rings to the next person.





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