Training Update - CoCA Celebrant News February 2015

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	News February 2015
	Hello Visitor, Greetings CoCA thanks those celebrants who responded with feedback about difficult and challenging situations. Examples of challenging situations are perhaps the sort of incidents that the marriage officers in the BDM Registries would not need to deal with, or the situations that funeral celebrants need to face. If you are yet to share your unusual, complex and difficult cases, there is still time. Click on this link Update on the Review of Celebrancy Training CoCA associations and the FCAA (Funeral Celebrants Association of Australia) along with others are continuing their work with the Skills Council to review the professional training for new marriage, general and funeral celebrants. These are the essential principles upon which our celebrant representatives are working on to ensure the celebrant training is updated to meet the needs of celebrants and the Australian community in ten and twenty years time. Click on this link The latest marriage, divorce, death and suicide information was collected by CoCA representatives in researching the training needs of new celebrants for the future. Makes very interesting reading... Click on this link CoCA liaises with the Attorney-General's Department in Canberra on issues relating to Marriage Law and the Marriage Celebrancy Sector. If you need more information about this issue or information about our profession, please contact the CoCA Secretary
	More about CoCA Celebrant Insurance Discount Offer for CoCA association members What is CoCA? What celebrant associations are CoCA members? What's on your mind? If you need something in particular, please contact the CoCA Secretary.
	Kind regards Judy Brooks CoCA Secretary secretary@coalitionofcelebrantassociations.org.au Published by: Coalition of Celebrant Associations (CoCA) Incorporated ABN: 60 306 885 313 www.coalitionofcelebrantassociations.org.au
	The Coalition of Celebrant Associations (CoCA) Inc is the peak body for celebrants in Australia. CoCA is an association of celebrant associations spanning the nation. One of CoCA's key roles is to represent Commonwealth marriage celebrants concerns, needs and suggestions to the Attorney-General and the Attorney-General's Department and through it Protocol with the Department to provide advice on the development, implementation and review of the Commonwealth Marriage Celebrant Program. CoCA values transparency, freedom of information and freedom of speech in its operations.
	Disclaimer: This e-News is a publication under the auspices of the CoCA Inc. The ideas presented are not necessarily those of the editors nor of the CoCA Inc. The statements and opinions expressed in this publication are made in good faith for the development of civil celebrancy, and the CoCA Inc, editors, volunteers and contributors do not take any responsibility for those statements or opinions, any inferences that may be drawn from them, or actions or charges which may result from them. The Editor reserves the right not to print any item that is defamatory, or that is anonymously sent, and to edit any contributions as required.


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