Engage Claire as your Toastmaster and you are investing in a professional who delights in her role; she offers you her expertise in a friendly and engaging manner; her skill and experience will ensure that your event is a great success!
Claire is a Fellow of the Guild of International Professional Toastmasters and wears the badge with great pride; it represents the highest standard of training and examination in the industry.
Her professional background is in entertainment and hospitality, organizing special events for corporate and private clients throughout the UK and abroad. Claire now invests this skill and experience in the service she offers you as your Toastmaster; officiating at your special event and co-ordinating all elements of the occasion so that your celebration runs seamlessly and as planned.
As your Master of Ceremonies Claire has a confident but unobtrusive style that varies to suit the protocol and requirements of the occasion. She has a friendly and engaging manner and works closely with you to ensure that you receive sound advice and the right level of attentive service.
As a qualified Blue Badge Tourist Guide and lecturer she can also be engaged to lead guided tours or give talks on the local area for your guests’ entertainment or you may take advantage of her speech writing service.
Claire lives in Yorkshire but travels extensively; she is pleased to offer her professional services at any event throughout the UK and internationally; she is well used to unsocial hours and to traveling long distances.
Book Claire as your Toastmaster and you can relax, assured of a happy, enjoyable and highly successful event.
Claire is a VERY effective communicator. Her clear diction means that people can clearly hear and understand her – which is very important especially, if someone finds English difficult. Claire has abundant energy and is very creative in her approach to dealing with people. She has an easy, engaging manner which people warm to and has the ability to communicate with people at all levels. She has a very caring nature so will connect with small children and the elderly, and everyone in between. Claire has a lovely sense of humour. When she presents she is animated which catches the attention of everyone; she is also adept at noticing if someone is not engaging with her and will gently bring them into the fold.
Claire has organised and presided over events at hotel and function rooms across the country and abroad, from the prestigious Cliveden and Gleneagles to small hotels and restaurants; whatever and wherever the venue Claire’s sense of service and attention to detail remain constant.
Numerous appearances on television followed her engagement as the Wedding Expert on ITV's 'The Time. The Place'.
What does engaging Claire * a Fellow of the Guild of International Professional Toastmasters * mean to you, her clients?
Reliability * you receive expert, friendly, and independent advice before your event.
Authority * all elements of the day are co-ordinated and supervised to ensure that everyone performs to the best of their ability.
Peace of mind * no stress or worries on the day. A commitment to guide you every step of the way: should a problem arise I work quickly and quietly to rectify it without any fuss.
Personal * your special day is exactly as you planned it to be.
Insurance * a relatively modest investment to ensure a worry free day with £5m liability insurance.
Dignity and Style * adds an extra ‘Touch of Class’ to the occasion without ever being overbearing.
Fees are approximate and include a mileage charge, where the roundtrip exceeds 200 miles, and an overnight stay, costed at £35, where appropriate. Advance rail fares may also reduce these charges – where time, location and opportunity make this cost effective.
Claire is highly experienced and highly effective; as a Fellow of the Guild of International Professional Toastmasters she represents the highest standard of training and examination in the industry.
Once appointed as your Toastmaster Claire takes pleasure in using her professional expertise to guide and advise you, as required, and assumes a liaison role on the day so that your celebration can run seamlessly and as planned.
Please Note: The fees indicated below are approximate and based on a central location for each county. They are intended to provide a rough guide only and exact quotes can only be given once the date and exact location of your event have been provided.
East
- Cambridgeshire - £316.25
- Huntingdonshire - £316.25
- Norfolk - £339.25
- Suffolk - £339.25
Mid Scotland
- Ayrshire - £435.85
- Clackmannanshire - £454.25
- Dunbartonshire - £454.25
- Fife - £454.25
- Kinross-shire - £454.25
- Renfrewshire - £435.85
- Selkirkshire - £379.50
- Stirlingshire - £454.25
- West Lothian - £442.75
Mid Wales
- Cardiganshire - £454.25
- Montgomeryshire - £402.50
- Powys - £402.50
- Radnorshire - £402.50
Midlands
- Derbyshire - £316.25
- Gloucestershire - £396.75
- Hereford and Worcester - £396.75
- Herefordshire - £396.75
- Leicestershire - £316.25
- Lincolnshire - £316.25
- Northamptonshire - £316.25
- Nottinghamshire - £316.25
- Rutland - £342.70
- Shropshire - £362.25
- Staffordshire - £342.70
- Warwickshire - £362.25
- West Midlands - £368.00
- Worcestershire - £378.35
North East
- Cleveland - £316.25
- Durham - £316.25
- East Riding of Yorkshire - £316.25
- Humberside - £316.25
- North Riding of Yorkshire - £316.25
- North Yorkshire - £281.75
- Northumberland - £327.75
- South Yorkshire - £316.25
- Tayside - £316.25
- Tyne and Wear - £316.25
- West Riding of Yorkshire - £316.25
- West Yorkshire - £316.25
- Yorkshire - £316.25
North Scotland
- Aberdeenshire - £563.50
- Angus - £512.90
- Argyllshire - £213.90
- Banffshire - £611.80
- Caithness - £694.60
- Inverness-shire - £591.10
- Kincardineshire - £622.15
- Morayshire - £554.30
- Nairn - £601.45
- Perth - £224.25
- Ross and Cromarty - £952.20
- Sutherland - £653.20
North Wales
- Anglesey - £394.45
- Caernarvonshire - £394.45
- Clwyd - £353.05
- Denbighshire - £342.70
- Flintshire - £339.25
- Gwynedd - £396.75
- Merionethshire - £396.75
North West
- Cheshire - £316.25
- Cumberland - £316.25
- Cumbria - £316.25
- Greater Manchester - £316.25
- Lancashire - £316.25
- Merseyside - £316.25
- Westmorland - £316.25
South East
- Bedfordshire - £388.70
- Berkshire - £396.75
- Buckinghamshire - £396.75
- East Sussex - £460.00
- Essex - £339.25
- Hampshire - £454.25
- Hertfordshire - £396.75
- Isle of Wight - £511.75
- Kent - £477.25
- London - £339.25
- Middlesex - £339.25
- Oxfordshire - £396.75
- Surrey - £456.55
- Sussex - £460.00
- West Sussex - £460.00
South Scotland
- Berwickshire - £385.25
- Dumfries and Galloway - £363.40
- Dumfries-shire - £414.00
- East Lothian - £404.80
- Kirkcudbrightshire - £394.45
- Lanarkshire - £404.80
- Lothian - £442.75
- Midlothian - £404.80
- Pebbles-shire - £394.45
- Roxburghshire - £368.00
- Strathclyde - £425.50
South Wales
- Breconshire - £396.75
- Carmarthenshire - £404.80
- Dyfed - £404.80
- Glamorgan - £431.25
- Gwent - £431.25
- Mid Glamorgan - £431.25
- Monmouthshire - £446.20
- Pembrokeshire - £454.25
- South Glamorgan - £471.50
- West Glamorgan - £454.25
South West
- Avon - £373.75
- Cornwall - £569.25
- Devon - £454.25
- Dorset - £454.25
- Somerset - £339.25
- Wiltshire - £339.25
