Scollen & Wright is a truly independent, family-run funeral service founded in 1992 by Alan Scollen, now with over 30 years' history serving Sunderland without any distant corporate head office. This Silksworth premises at 37 Blind Lane is the firm's main and registered office, from which its five-branch network across Sunderland is run.
The firm arranges funerals of all kinds, acts as an introducer for Golden Charter funeral plans, and supplies memorial items, with an experienced, locally based team providing guidance and 24-hour availability to families in Silksworth and the wider Sunderland area.
Alongside Silksworth, the group operates staffed branches at Ryhope, Grangetown, Castletown and High Barnes, each with its own address, reflecting the firm's deep roots across Sunderland's different communities.
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