I bought a pre-lit indoor tree, the type you may use at Christmas, and a friend of my mums made paper owls which friends, family and staff at Macmillan Academy were invited to leave a memorial message for James and make a donation for an owl in return.

I knew I wanted to mark James first year without us and to also give others the chance to remember him. The tree was left standing for a week to allow students and staff at school to continue to leave messages as not everyone was able to attend on the anniversary itself.

This could be the kind of thing other people may want to do; particularly if they have connections with a school or club that their son or daughter would be remembered at; if you would like to share this idea then please do so. In total we raised £347 for James’ memorial fund.

Karen Campbell