Heritage & Sons Funeral Directors

19/06/2026

Maria Louise Butler

19/06/2026

A very early start, and a very well-kept secret. 🤫

The Heritage & Sons Community Choir set off before dawn to Dunstable, privileged to be asked by BBC 3CR to help surprise Andy Collins as he celebrated 10 years presenting the morning show.

Andy’s a good friend to the choir, so it was a joy to see his face when we turned up this morning. We’d composed a song especially for the occasion, sung to a tune Andy loves, and we don’t think he saw it coming!

A truly memorable morning for our choir members. Here’s to you, Andy, and to the next 10 years.

18/06/2026

The Heritage & Sons Community Choir treated a full house to songs from the musicals.

Founded by our Community Champion Maria Louise Butler, the choir has come a long way in a short time, and as part of the Never Alone programme, they warmly welcome anyone who would like to join.

So many friendships and memories have been made along the way, and we would love for you to be part of it. To come along, just email Maria at [email protected] or send us a message here.

🫂 www.never-alone.co.uk

09/06/2026

05/06/2026

We were delighted to welcome Laura Kyrke-Smith for Aylesbury MP to our Heritage & Sons Gatehouse funeral home in Aylesbury recently. Thank you for taking the time to learn about our work and the care we bring to the families we support, and for championing the issues that matter to our profession.

30/05/2026

Our Aylesbury Knit & Natter group, part of our Never Alone community programme, have been hard at work creating trauma teddies.

These are small knitted teddies given to children for comfort when the world feels too big during incidents when emergency services are called out.

The door is open every Wednesday if you would like to come along and join us.

📍 Wednesdays, 10:30am to 1pm, Foxhill Indoor Bowls Club, Aylesbury Sports Ground. Free parking on-site. The kettle is always on.

On Wednesday, Aylesbury PCSOs visited our Knit & Natter group, and we handed over 20 trauma teddies for them to carry on their rounds.

They were gratefully received and will now travel with officers, ready to be placed into a child’s hands when the world feels too big.

If you'd like to join us, you'd be very welcome. No experience needed and no pressure to be good at it, just come along and have a chat while you knit.

📍 Wednesdays, 10:30am to 1pm, Foxhill Indoor Bowls Club, Aylesbury Sports Ground. Free parking on-site. The kettle’s always on.

29/05/2026

Some good news from us this week. 💜

Leanne from Visiting Angels Bucks and our own Maria Butler are now trained to take blood pressure, so we can help the people at our groups keep an eye on their heart health.

Around 1 in 3 UK adults has high blood pressure, and nearly half don't know it. It usually has no symptoms, yet it's one of the biggest causes of heart attacks and strokes. A quick, painless check can make a real difference.

Want to check yours for free? Come and find us:

📍 Foxhill Indoor Bowls Club, Aylesbury Sports Ground (free parking on-site)
🗓 Tuesdays 10am–12:30pm & Wednesdays 10:30am–1pm

No appointment needed, just pop in.

29/05/2026

The flowers for Buckingham in Bloom were planted recently in our window and outside display.

They were planted by hand by a member of our team’s family, who is a keen gardener. She chose fuchsia for the baskets to tie in with the window display.

A small thing, but the small things are usually the ones that matter.

20/05/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us over the Dying Matters weekend at Bierton and Chilterns Crematorium.

Our Heritage & Sons colleagues were there to support the event and meet members of the local community, including Matthew from Amersham, Carol from Buckingham, and Allison from Wendover.

Around twenty people attended each day, asking questions, having a look around, and talking openly about what they want, what they don’t want, and what those left behind may need.

That openness is exactly what Dying Matters Awareness Week is all about.

06/05/2026

It's Dying Matters Awareness Week, and the doors at Bierton and Chilterns Crematoria are open this weekend. Heritage & Sons will be there too.

Come and have a look around. Walk the grounds, meet the team, and ask anything you've been wondering about. Local hospices and community organisations will be on hand as well, including Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care , Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity, Chiltern Compass and MuchLoved , with information on bereavement support and end-of-life planning.

Bierton Crematorium, Saturday 9 May, 11am to 2pm.
Chilterns Crematorium, Sunday 10 May, 11am to 2pm.

No need to book. Come for ten minutes or stay for an hour. We'll be glad to see you.