John Brierley & Son Funeral Directors

24/12/2025

✨ Festive Season Office Hours ✨

Please find our office opening hours over the festive season below. While our hours may be reduced, please know that we remain available to support you should you require our services at any time.

As we approach Christmas, we also want to take a moment to say that we are thinking of anyone who may be spending this time without a special loved one this year. You are in our thoughts, and we send you warmth and kindness during the season ahead.

Wishing everyone a peaceful and gentle Christmas 🎄💙

23/12/2025

John Brierley and Son Funeral Directors, are proud to support the incredible work of The Wellspring Stockport with our recent donations for the Rucksack Project and countdown to Christmas 💙

We’re also delighted to have raised over £100 for the Christmas Dinner Appeal, helping ensure more people can enjoy a warm meal and a little extra comfort this Christmas 🎄🍽️

Thank you to everyone who contributed, your generosity truly makes a difference in our community.

Donations are always welcome. If you have any spare sleeping bags, rucksacks, torches or any other items to help support the Homeless, outside in this very cold winter, please contact us and we would be happy to help come collect them or you can drop the into our funeral home and we can deliver them for you.

🎄💙Thank You 💙🎄

22/12/2025

We feel incredibly lucky and truly honoured to care for loved ones who are no longer with us, and to help support our families. Every life we care for matters deeply to us, and it never goes unnoticed when families take the time to share their experiences. Your kind words, thoughtful reviews, and heartfelt feedback mean more than we can express, they remind us why we do what we do. Thank you for your trust, your generosity, and for allowing us to be part of such an important journey 💙

19/12/2025

Only 6 more days until Christmas. If you can support this amazing charity who work so hard to help the homeless and those who need the support, in so many ways. This donation is to support the Wellspring team to provide as many christmas dinners and gifts to them all 💜💚

The Wellspring Christmas Dinner appeal is probably the most important campaign in our calendar. Your money will help us provide Dinner and a gift on Christmas Day to someone that simply wouldn’t have it without The Wellspring.

06/12/2025

Our Christmas Memorial Tree is now up and ready. 🎄💫
If you would like to honor a loved one who is no longer with us, you’re all welcome to stop by and place a message on the memorial tree. We have tags available or you can bring your own 🔖

If you are unable to call in, please do leave us a message or give us a call and we would happily do this for you.

A small way we like to keep their light shining this season ✨️ 🎄

24/11/2025

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There are many ways you can help, whether through fundraising, donations, corporate support, volunteering, or inviting us to speak at your events.

21/11/2025

This is so beautiful and true. 💙

12/11/2025

Thank you Cheshire Flowers for yet another one of your beautiful coffin sprays. This was simply stunning ❤️

We had tbe privilege of creating this stunning coffin spray made with a rustic feel but with a nod to a lovely man's favourite footy team, poppies were also
added to symbolise his final journey on 11th November, a lovely touch by his family.

10/11/2025

Unfortunately we are having more drivers on the roads being impatient and trying to push in on the Funeral Cortège’. In-between the Hearse and the Limousines with bereaved family members in, on funerals with our horses and a few occasions now where they have nearly hit our funeral director Kelly as she walks in front of the hearse/horses.

This is happening to the point where accidents have nearly been caused because someone just wants to cut in or to cut through.

I appreciate we drive slow, but this is someone’s final journey, and this is done out of respect.

A final journey is so precious and sadly we will all be the family following our loved ones final journey at some point.

Could I ask everyone to share and make those aware..

Lets Pay Our Respects

If you see a hearse, let's pause, stand for a moment as we pass, maybe as simple as taking off your hat, and bow your head?

A tradition that would show people that their loss is noticed and shared by us all 💙

Please, if you see a hearse at a junction please stop and allow some of the following cars to also exit the junction. On most cases this is the family behind following the hearse.

It only makes your journey slightly longer but means the world to our families. Thank you 🙏💙

09/11/2025

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29/10/2025

On friday, our Funeral Director Kelly and the team had the honour of conducting a beautiful service for a wonderful man whose love of music truly filled the chapel. Both his wife’s choir and his own performed at different times during the service, each offering heartfelt tributes that reflected his passion for singing and the joy he brought to others through music. The stunning floral arrangements perfectly captured his spirit, from the piano design symbolising his musical talent to the “DAD” flowers, made even more personal with one of his own shirts lovingly included. Surrounded by his devoted family and the melodies he loved, it was a touching celebration of a life lived in harmony, love, and song.
Beautiful flowers made by the amazing team at Cheshire Flowers 💙

24/10/2025

🌟 Supporting The Wellspring this Winter 🌟

The team here at John Brierley & Son Funeral Directors, along with our sister branches S.P. Astley Reddish, S.P. Astley Denton and James Bradley Clayton, are proud to be working with the amazing charity The Wellspring, based right here in Stockport. 💛

The Wellspring provides vital support to people who are homeless or at risk of losing their home. Their incredible team offers 1:1 support, hot meals, healthcare, wellbeing services, accommodation assistance, and so much more. They also respond to a wide range of issues including mental and physical health, domestic abuse, substance misuse, debt, and unemployment.

Through the generosity of people like you, The Wellspring can continue to help those most in need. Donations of clothes, shoes, coats, underwear, toiletries, food and other essentials go a long way in changing lives.

🧥 We’ll soon have a clothing donation bin available in the car park at John Brierley & Son — expected within the next 10 days. Please feel free to drop off any items you’d like to give.

📸 Attached are two of The Wellspring’s current campaigns:

🎁 A £5 donation helps provide someone with a hot Christmas dinner and a gift this festive season.

🎒 The Rucksack Project collects sleeping bags, tents, warm clothes, toiletries, and other essentials to create survival kits for those living on the streets.

If you’d like to support, you can donate items directly to us, or contact The Wellspring team. Every single contribution makes a difference — no matter how small. ❤️

Our funeral team will also be volunteering at The Wellspring Centre to help with their day-to-day tasks and see firsthand the incredible work they do for our community.

Together, we can make a real difference. Thank you for your kindness and support. 🙏