The Family Covenant Society was set up to provide welcoming ceremonies for children, helping to cement the bond between parents, children and their families. In 1994 this was know as the Baby Naming Society which was an organisation dedicated to helping families create a ceremony that they could carry out themselves. Many parents preferred to have a professional celebrant to deliver the ceremonies and in 2002 Civil Ceremonies Ltd was launched. This provided trained celebrants to carry out naming ceremonies. The Baby Naming Society was incorporated into civil ceremonies and today the organisation has a nationwide network of some 200 celebrants.