Your love story deserves to be told properly
Bespoke humanist ceremonies across Edinburgh, Glasgow and all of Scotland - legally authorised while deeply personal
I write deeply personal ceremonies that feel completely like you - with just the right touch of laughter, tears and magic. Let's make your day unforgettable.
Sam Conroy - Scottish Celebrant
Legally authorised by the Fuze Foundation
About Me
Well, as you know already, my name is Sam Conroy, but what lies beneath the ceremony folder?
I'm a wife, a mum - to the most amazing human on the planet - and a fur-parent to five wonderfully unruly animals, a small menagerie of four-legged chaos that I wouldn't change for the world. Milo, my Springer Spaniel, and Colin, my mini Dachshund (yes Colin!), keep me grounded. The cats go where the cats want to go. That's just how it is.
When I'm not writing ceremonies or standing in front of a room telling love stories, I live for adventures - whether here at home in Scotland (the highlands is my home-away-from-home) or somewhere new entirely. I'm happiest exploring new places, nose deep in a crime novel or curled up with a film and a cat (or three) on my lap.
Running has always been my thing but recently the gym has me hooked - turns out I'm a bit of a gym bunny! A gym girl at heart all along and I love a good spin class.
I also have a deep love for the wildlife in my garden. Graham the hedgehog is a regular visitor - and he recently brought home a girlfriend we've named Penelope. We're hoping for Hoglets!
Life is one big story and I collect moments like souvenirs - a sunrise run, a passport stamp, a line from a film that lingers. I try to live my best life and I try to help others celebrate theirs.
What did I do before
I was a Celebrant?
For a long time, I worked with people at their lowest ebb.
I went to university in 2009 to study Sociology and Psychology - which took me on a path of self-discovery I didn't know I needed. That path led me into social care, where I spent many years working for charities supporting those affected by violence, homelessness, addiction and mental health. It was hard, important work - and I loved it.
The COVID hit. And everything changed.
The services I led became all things to all people overnight. We were working 70 and 80 hour weeks. I caught COVID myself and it became long COVID. I was burning out. And somewhere in the middle of all that, I was planning my own wedding - and I loved every single second of it.
It made me wonder. Could I work with people, but be surrounded by love rather than devastation? Could I take everything I knew about public speaking, storytelling and human connection - and something that felt like joy?
A google search later, I found UKCAPSA. I trained and qualified as a celebrant and Sam Conroy - Celebrant was born.
UKCAPSA & The Fuze Foundation
In 2023, I successfully qualified as a celebrant, having begun my training in 2022 with the SQA certified UKCAPSA Celebrant and Public Speaking Diploma.
Following qualification, I was proud to join the Fuze Foundation team - one of Scotland's leading humanist celebrant organisations, conducting legal and non-legal humanist ceremonies across Scotland. Through the Fuze Foundation I am authorised to solemnise marriages by the Registrar General Scotland, under the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977. That means your ceremony with me is completely legally binding - no separate registry office visit, no extra paperwork. Just one beautiful, bespoke day that is unashamedly and unequivocally you.
I conducted my very first legal humanist wedding ceremony at Broxmouth Courtyard in Dunbar - and I can't begin to tell you how extraordinary that felt.
I haven't looked back since x
I absolutely love being a celebrant and fee incredibly lucky to conduct ceremonies across Scotland - from historic venues, beautiful hotels and family homes to more unusual spots like the summit of Ben A'an.
Whether its a legal wedding, a vow renewal or a celebration of life, I'm always honoured to help people mark life's big moments in places that matter to them surrounded by the people they love most in the world.