The Funeral Fix is an 8-module, self-paced online training program that covers everything you need to know to become a confident, modern Funeral Celebrant. Co-created and coached by experienced Funeral Celebrants and Planners, Yaz Trollope and Oliver Thomson, the course blends professional insight with practical tools to help you write meaningful ceremonies, support grieving clients, care for yourself, and build a successful celebrant business.

The Funeral Fix is perfect for anyone drawn to working with grief and ceremony in an intentional, heartfelt way. Whether you're:

• A Marriage Celebrant wanting to upskill,

• A Funeral Planner expanding your service offering, or

• Someone with a deep desire to work in the death care space,

This course gives you everything you need to step confidently into your calling.

So glad you asked. There are a few key differences:

1. Industry-first perspective: Created by Celebrants and Funeral Planners, we bring you insight from both sides of the ceremony experience.

2. Modern & meaningful: We champion new ways of celebrating life — with flexible rituals, progressive readings, and ceremony structures that reflect today’s values.

3. Unapologetically different: Our tone, approach, and mission break the mould. We don’t teach cookie-cutter scripts, we teach celebrants to think, feel, and create with authenticity.

4. Community-powered: Our private Facebook group is a thriving space for connection, feedback, and ongoing learning.

5. More than writing: Yes, we teach ceremony writing, but we also dive deep into grief literacy, self-care, marketing, and building a values-based business.

Yes! Once you complete all modules and successfully pass your assessment, you’ll receive a Certificate of Completion from The Funeral Fix.

Great question!

In Australia, there’s no formal accreditation required to work as a Funeral Celebrant. Some courses offer government accreditation, but we chose to offer our own certification so we could create the most relevant, inspiring, and flexible training on the market.

What matters most in this space? Industry recognition. And our graduates are gaining it, being booked by progressive funeral homes and standing out as thoughtful, modern celebrants who truly care.

Absolutely. Even experienced Funeral Celebrants find this course refreshing and reinvigorating. We share new approaches, creative tools, and updated templates that help you refine your practice and rekindle your passion for the work.

Easy! Once you enrol, you’ll receive an email with login details to your Student Access page and a link to join our private Facebook community. From there, you can dive into all 8 modules — anytime, anywhere.

It’s completely self-paced. You can move through the content in just a few weeks, or take your time over several months. Most students complete the course in 3 to 6 months, but it’s totally up to you.

Forever! You’ll have lifetime access to the content, any future updates, and the Facebook group. Once you’re in, you’re part of the community for good.

Yes — you can access everything online, from anywhere in the world. Plus, you can download PDFs, templates and resources to your phone, tablet or computer for offline access.

Prefer to learn in-person? We’ve got you covered. We host The Funeral Fix In-Person Training annually, and other events throughout the year. Stay up-to-date on all our events here.

Just internet connection, and a smart phone, computer or tablet. Oh, and we also recommend Facebook, just so you can join our community.

We’re not here to stress you out or worry you about ‘tests’, but in order make this course certified we needed to create an assessment. Don’t worry, you’ve got this! Think about your shiny certificate at the end.

The assessment itself includes Q&As about what you’ve learned so far, and then asks you to write a ceremony based on a case study (we created options so you can choose one that lights you up) for submission. The best part about this is that you get feedback from Oliver and Yaz, and can take that feedback even deeper by booking a 30 minute coaching call with one of them to really nut out your plans moving forward.

Sure! We wanted to offer another layer of learning in The Funeral Fix and recognised that having the option to workshop your new skills 1-on-1 with us would really benefit you moving forward.

Your course fee includes 1 x 30-minute coaching call with either Oliver or Yaz, and can be used to take a deep dive into any areas you want to work on. That might be help with your ceremony writing, assistance in aligning with Funeral Directors, marketing and branding yourself in this space, meeting with clients, or getting comfortable with death. It’s your time to utilise our skills and knowledge, so go for it!

The Funeral Fix is AUD$1200. That includes 8 video and PDF modules and templates and lifetime access to our Facebook community. All prices are in Australian Dollars.

Yep, we sure do. Three payments of AUD$420 or one payment of AUD$1200.

No way! We’re all for sharing the love, but sharing login details isn’t allowed. They’re strictly for your eyes only. Just in case you’re tempted, we should let you know that we track multiple downloads, so we’ll know. That said, if you do have a friend who would benefit from this course why not ask them to sign up too?