Eleven years later. 2014-2025
The year I lost my son took me on a different path. Reflection in this minute #1min4lives💮
As a speaker and a mother, ten years later, I can see the effects and legacies of our lives that connect with all the platforms of care associated with 'lived experience' of worthiness. Not trapped by anger, but with hope for our precious generation.
About CEO - Collet Hunter
I believe that using tools to enhance realistic optimism can help enormously with trauma recovery. I created this simple model, and I still use it to this very day.
The journey began a long time ago. Every morning, since my first-born son's life was cut short, I ask myself: how am I feeling? Then I set the day in motion following through, feeling better, understanding, accepting, and utilising tools to feel better still.
The WFC Model is now woven into my life. It helps me with acceptance and healing. This platform is now delivered through workshops in schools and across the local community, reaching over 13,000 individuals since its inception in 2015. It grew out of analysing and documenting my waking moments, my following through, and my closures, each and every day.
From this also came a book one I never planned to write and an emotional, deeply personal workshop delivery.
Let's change our days gently, and practise what we feel with understanding. It's been a busy year; there have been tears, here, there and everywhere. What keeps me going is the light and the smiles in the eyes of young people, parents, and their loved ones the bundles of babies held preciously in arms. The sound of laughter and conversation. The visual presence of love that still lingers in this world, even as controversies seem to carry on around us.
Which brings me to this: it's okay to love, and to embrace love in return.
Thank you for visiting here.
"A course that wasn't plan but opens up a diary of emotions that I hope someone can relate to...a shared journey. Opening up truly helps with acceptance, thereafter the will to cope will sustain and generate strength in dark places". CHunter
James ross hunter youth support
About the workshop
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_DNlOdhl_U&t=67s
Offering support to individuals, encouraging them to make the best of their current situation and simple tools to use when looking after their emotional well-being.
Supporting the well-being of those affected by trauma, public speaker, workshop facilitator transformation coach through lived experience, journey, community engagement a mentorship coach.
Transformation Model:-
Creator and shared platform 'Personal Model and passion in awakening moments' (WFC). Aim to learn and understand the purpose of development and growth of oneself.
Using varied techniques to show true value to their life, through active participation. Demonstration of active listening, using questions to get answers open ending to find out where the mind is and to build on the individual personal profile. With the focus on the individual and their need for self-development. The goal is to focus on long term endeavours and giving challenges to make the individual feel they are making achievements along the way.
This is where it all began for me, the story behind it all...
A Testament to James Ross Hunter's Legacy of Courage and Community
A Mother's Love Transforms Tragedy into Hope
On a day that should have been like any other, 31st May 2014 changed the Borough of Lewisham forever. James Ross Hunter, a young man whose life was tragically cut short, made the ultimate sacrifice whilst bravely defending another community member from a gang attack. His heroic actions saved a life, but cost him his own.
From this profound loss, James's mother, Collet Hunter, channelled her grief into purpose, founding the James Ross Hunter Youth Support CIC in memory of her beloved son. This organisation has become a beacon of hope, dedicated to promoting peace, love, and forgiveness whilst creating visual awareness platforms that connect and heal communities far beyond Lewisham's borders.
The Visual Awareness Monument: A Symbol of Unity
Ten years after the establishment of the James Ross Hunter Youth Support CIC, the community gathered for a momentous occasion. On a significant anniversary date, the Visual Awareness Monument was unveiled at St Stephen Church in the Borough of Lewisham, standing as a powerful symbol of the organisation's mission and James's enduring legacy.
This monument represents more than art it embodies the transformation power of love over hatred, forgiveness over revenge, and community unity over division. Designed with careful consideration by James's mother, every element of the monument serves as a visual reminder of the positive social values the organisation strives to instil in youths and communities.
A Community United in Remembrance
The unveiling ceremony of our visual awareness monument on May 31st 2024 brought together a remarkable gathering of community leaders, law enforcement, and citizens, all united in honouring James's memory and supporting the organisation's mission:
Distinguished Attendees:
Metropolitan Police Leadership: Senior officers from the Met Police demonstrated their commitment to community partnership and youth engagement
Met Police Youth Cadets: Young people representing the positive path forward for youth in law enforcement
Met Police Choir: Providing moving musical tributes that touched the hearts of all present
The Mayor of Lewisham: Showing civic support for the organisation's vital community work
Community Advocates: Local leaders and volunteers who work tirelessly to make Lewisham safer and more united
Voices of Hope: Messages That Inspire
The ceremony featured powerful speeches and messages that highlighted the meaningful contributions the James Ross Hunter Youth Support organisation has made throughout the Borough of Lewisham. Speakers emphasised:
The importance of young people having positive role models and support systems
The power of community-led initiatives in preventing violence
The need for continued investment in youth programmes and community engagement
James's legacy as an example of selfless courage and community protection
The Met Police Choir's performance added a deeply emotional element to the proceedings, with songs chosen to reflect themes of remembrance, hope, and community healing.
https://youtu.be/BmxD6vWR4eg?si=A9-1vg8gzl-ssUNk
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Dancing flowers together captures moments of walking with my son trauma recovery -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtDnj186vKE
Dancing Flowers Together (Instagram)
Hello Spring Anxiety Booster (Wait for the wind then capture your favourite flower dancing all in your time, your space)
Dancing lights together (Instagram)
Christmas Anxiety Booster (Do you miss a loved one this time of the year? The sparkle of lights will bring the colours of their memories back to you with smiles that they would like you to enjoy in their memory) Worked for me fancy having a go?
Mother's Memories (Facebook)
(A platform where members are invited to share their moments, quotes to inspire, support and motivates each other)
Happiness is healing 1-2-1
(A platform and support group for individuals or those who took part in the online course for additional support and inspiration)
Colloberative Services/Workshop Interest
Contact details: email: atecconsultant@gmail.com
Mobile:07760288319
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My jourrney with Carl Gabriel Carl Gabriel — Google Arts & Culture working in traditional wire bending technique, and papier mache... launched on Visual Awarness Day for victims of violence
Eleven years later. 2014-2025 The year I lost my son took me on a different path. Reflection in this minute #1min4lives💮 As a speaker and...
