Certificate in Wedding Planning Course

Students studying the Wedding Planning Foundations Course will benefit from the following:

 

• Expert tuition from renowned UK Wedding Planner, Siobhan Craven-Robins
• Face-to-face training provides the ideal opportunity to learn through interaction with your Facilitator and Industry.
• Small groups with strictly limited numbers mean that the expert knowledge and skills you gain from a wedding planning expert of Siobhan Craven-Robin's calibre, is a unique experience within the industry.
• Learn from Industry within Industry - with wedding & event venue tours and expert industry speakers.
• A minimum of four (4) site visits to popular London wedding and event venues. 
• Our training techniques use experiential learning methods- which means more than just sitting in class. Learning with a London Summer School  is an interactive and dynamic experience that means your involvement in a range of activties is an essential part of the learning process. 
• Our host venue, CentrEd at ExCeL London is one of Europe's premier event venues and the environment is highly conducive to your event planning studies. ExCeL hosts a number of bridal and wedding shows and is licensed to host civil wedding ceremonies.
• Enjoy learning from interactions with your fellow students who bring different perspectives and experiences to the interative classroom sessions.
• Build your network as you meet expert industry facilitators, our management team, staff onsite at CentrEd and ExCeL, other wedding and event planning experts including venues and suppliers  - plus your classmates who are also in, or about to join, the wedding and event planning industry.
• And last but not least! You'll be gaining experience in one of the world's most famous cities. London is renowned for innovation and staging amazing events. And London offers the most beautiful and iconic wedding venues and ceremony locations - both historic and contemporary. 

Wedding planning careers help make memorable moments for others and yourself. In our current times, many couples and their parents, family and friends struggle to find time to plan and organise a wedding - often they are seeking professional help and expertise to manage every detail, from the engagement party to the honeymoon. This can also be true of those who need support and expertise to organise an anniversary, birthday, graduation, reunion, corporate event or other special occasion. As a Wedding or Event Planner, you can offer the professional expertise they require as you meticulously plan and implement the clients dream wedding or vision for their event.

 

Wedding and event planning is a career that offers you endless variety, from working in a home office, to viewing venues, to tasting sessions and bridal party fittings.  A wedding or event planner's responsibilities commence when they discuss their client's needs and preferences. Then you'll be planning the the scope of the wedding or event, developing a theme, choosing party, wedding and reception locations, arranging accommodation, transport and other services, and organising suppliers like the caterers, florists, photographers and designers. 

 

Career Opportunities

• Wedding and Event Planner
• Event Manager
• Party Planner
• Venue Coordinator
• Wedding Coordinator - self employed
• Wedding Coordinator - with a supplier
• Wedding Coordinator - with a venue or reception centre
• Wedding Designer
• Destination Wedding Planner

During your 5-day Wedding Planning Course you will study the following topics:

 

The Wedding Industry

• Industry working conditions and work ethics
• Aptitude for wedding and event planning
• Developing and updating knowledge and skills
• Services provided by a wedding planner

 

The Wedding

• Order of the day
• Traditions and etiquette
• Popular wedding themes
• Trends in the wedding industry

 

Wedding Planning Skills

• Developing and monitoring wedding budgets
• Wedding planning tools - technology, timelines and checklists
• Managing guest lists, seating plans, invitations and RSVPs
• Managing gift registries and gift identification
• Participating in, and conducting, tastings
• Planning the ceremony
• Planning the reception
• Wedding day scheduling
• Risk assessments
• Contingency planning
• Wedding and event planner responsibilities:

Pre-wedding day activities

Wedding day activites

Post wedding activites

 

Coordinating Wedding Venues

• Venue selection criteria
• Conducting research
• Attending venue viewings
• Conducting venue viewings
• Room and table lay-outs
• Decor and table design
• Outdoor locations

 

Coordinating Wedding Services

• Catering 
• Wedding cakes
• Music and entertainment
• Florists
• Designers and decor
• Photographers and videographers
• Cars and transport
• Accommodation
• Bridal party wear

 

Selling Skills

• Building a client profile
• Selling techniques

 

Relationship Management

• Effective communication
• Establishing boundaries
• Working with clients
• Identify potential conflict and take preventative action
• Approaches to resolving conflict

Siobhan Craven-Robins - London’s Premier Wedding Planner

 

Back in 1995, Siobhan recognised a gap in the market for designated co-ordinators to help couples through the wedding planning process saving them time, money and disappointment. Siobhan is acknowledged in the industry as the UK’s first Wedding Planner.

 

Siobhan is now established as one of the UK’s leading wedding co-ordinators. Her beautiful weddings have featured in Hello, OK! and many bridal magazines in various countries around the world. Her famous clients include Joan Collins, Barbara Windsor, Greg Kinnear, Sacha Mascolo-Tarbuck, Des O’Connor and Ronni Ancona.

 

She was GMTV’s resident wedding expert and featured on the show for the Interactive wedding (2002-2006) where she designed various aspects of a wedding for the viewers to vote on.

 

Siobhan writes for various wedding magazines and is frequently requested as a speaker at business seminars and wedding shows. She is also frequently hired as a consultant for wedding related TV and radio shows, new venues and other suppliers within the wedding industry.

 

In 2005 she launched her DVD, ‘From This Day Forward’, a guide to planning the perfect wedding.

 

In 2013, with two of her industry colleagues, she founded National Association of Wedding Professionals; an association promoting professionalism and integrity within the UK Wedding Industry. The association has gone from strength to strength, boasting a high calibre membership and starting to be regarded as a benchmark for professionalism within the UK industry.

 

Siobhan now spends some of her time guest lecturing to Event Course/Degree students at various colleges and universities in London.

 

Siobhan is renowned for her imaginative flair; no two weddings are ever the same. Her goal is to achieve a wedding that is truly representative of the couple involved. A wedding that is individual to them - and one that guests enjoy and appreciate.

Your Wedding Planning Course fees include:

 

• 5-days tuition
• Free Wi-Fi while in the CentrEd venue
• Access to internet stations and business services in the CentrEd venue
• Lunch each day
• Tea/coffee on arrival in the CentrEd venue
• A minimum of four (4) wedding and event venue site visits
• Wedding and event planning guest speakers
• Access to useful electronic wedding and event planning course resources on completion of your course (shared via dropbox)
• Certificate in Wedding Planning from The Event School London 

The following entry requirements apply:

 

• Minimum age: 18
• Competent English language skills (comprehension and spoken)

CentrEd at ExCeL London is our chosen host venue and training site for the London Summer Schools, Wedding Planning Courses. ExCeL London is one of Europe's premier venues and the ideal location to study wedding and event planning. With a management culture that supports and encourages the development of new talent, ExCeL support industry learning experiences and provide a dynamic and inspiring environment for those keen to enter the exciting world of wedding and event planning.

 

ExCeL has staged a diverse range of events including London Bridal Week, the UK Wedding Show, the National Wedding Show, National Asian Wedding Show, The Wedding Fair, London Hotelympia, Professional Beauty, World Travel Market, Salon International,  X-Factor Auditions, Grand Designs Live and MCM London Comic Con. 

 

ExCeL London knows that developing your future involves a comfortable and stimulating environment just as much as it requires the latest tools and technology. That’s why they created CentrEd, a brand new training and meeting facility dedicated to providing particapants with the right environment conducive to learning.

 

Visit ExCeL London and CentrEd 

One of the benefits of your wedding planning course is the knowledge you will gain from site tours to venues that host weddings and events. We provide the opportunity to see what life as a wedding planner entails, when conducting site inspections at popular London wedding venues. 

 

Recent course students undertook site tours of some of London's premier wedding and event venues including: Tower Bridge, The Ritz London, Queens House, Cutty Sark and The Orangery at Kensington Palace. 

 

During your wedding and event planning course, students will undertake 4 site visits of popular wedding and event venues in London.