Introduction and welcome
- Formal Giving Away of the civil partners (optional)
Non religious reading
- An optional non-religious reading.
Personal vows
- Spoken by each civil partner...
I civil partner name, ask you civil partner name, to accept me as your life long partner/as I do you, freely and wholeheartedly.
Ring giving ceremony
- Spoken by each civil partner...
Civil partner name, please accept this ring which is given to you with love and sincerity and as a sign of all that we have promised to be to each other.
Non religious reading
- An optional non-religious reading.
Contracting words
- I declare that I know of no legal reason why we may not register as each other’s civil partner. I understand that on signing this document we will be forming a civil partnership with each other.
Conclusion of the ceremony
- Signing of the schedule.
- Photographs.
Introduction and welcome
Non religious reading
- An optional non-religious reading.
Personal vows
- Spoken by each civil partner...
“I civil partner name acknowledge my love for you and invite you to share my life as I hope to share yours"
Ring giving ceremony
- Spoken by each civil partner...
"Civil partner name, please accept this ring knowing that I choose you above all others to be my lifelong partner"
Non religious reading
- An optional non-religious reading.
Contracting words
- I declare that I know of no legal reason why we may not register as each other’s civil partner. I understand that on signing this document we will be forming a civil partnership with each other.
Conclusion of the ceremony
- Signing of the schedule.
- Photographs.
Introduction and welcome
Contracting words
- With optional exchange of rings
"I declare that I know of no legal reason why we may not register as each other’s civil partner. I understand that on signing this document we will be forming a civil partnership with each other"
Conclusion of the ceremony
- Signing of the schedule.
- Photographs.
