ARRANGING THE SERVICE

In order to successfully arrange your Civil Ceremony, you will need to complete three tasks:

1. Set the date and time of the Ceremony.
2. Determine the venue.
3. Contact your local Register Office to inform them of your intentions. You will also need to complete the necessary paperwork and arrange for an authorised person to attend the Ceremony.

Let’s now look at each one in turn.

Setting the Date and Time

Most couples will already have a date set by now (in fact it is normally one of the first things that couples do). However, if you are one of the few that hasn’t yet sorted this out, then you really need to make a decision now or, at the very least, have a number of possible alternatives that you are willing to consider. Prior to making any decision, you may wish to check out the Setting the Date article in the Planning the Wedding section of the site.

Now is also the time to make a decision regarding the time that the Ceremony will take place. In order to make the best decision, you will need to have an idea about how the day will run overall. A good place to start if you are uncertain at this precise moment is with the Wedding Details section in the MyWeddingsday zone. Wedding Details is a great tool to help you set out all of your plans for the day and it can really help you to determine the best time for the Service. You will need to be a member of Weddingsday to access our planning tools, but it is totally free (no strings attached!) to do so - if you are not already registered with us, why not click here to sign up now.

Both the venue and the Register Office will need a confirmed date and time in order to process a booking so whilst it is OK to have a number of provisional dates at this precise moment, a firm decision will need to be taken very shortly.