Eight months on from his death, Cassius Turvey's absence is still sorely felt around Perth's eastern suburbs.
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Particularly so at the Swan City Youth Services (SCYS) centre, where you would often find the 15-year-old and his friends.
Cassius was walking home from school on October 13 when he was allegedly brutally attacked with a metal pole. He died in hospital 10 days later.
"We've definitely seen a change since Cassius' passing," SCYS manager Ray Tanielu said.
"His group of friends, they've stopped coming for a while . it was obviously such a big event for these young guys, it's been tough for them to navigate through it."
Cassius' mother Mechelle Turvey said the centre was sentimental for a lot of her son's young friends.
"With grief, there are triggers and that could be anything from items to people to locations," she says.
"So especially with Cassius being the leader of the group, I guess they're in a spot where they don't do the normal things that they used to."
Ms Turvey said it was vital for young people affected by Cassius's death to return to SCYS.
The service provides a safe space and delivers programs to keep young people on the right path by improving their physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing.
"The majority that come here are definitely at risk," Mr Tanielu said.
"At risk of dropping out of school, in and out of home, going back to jail [detention], back to substance abuse."
Whether it is a meal after school, a lift home or help with their education, the service provides holistic support to keep children from falling through the cracks.
"We walk alongside the young person," Mr Tanielu said.
"It might be months and months of building rapport till you get somewhere, where you've gone past the surface and we can help with the root issue, so to speak."
Ms Turvey will hold a special event on Tuesday celebrating the organisations closest to her son.
As well as SCYS, the organisations include Binar Futures, a local basketball club that engages Aboriginal youth, and Koya Aboriginal Corporation.
Ms Turvey will present them with cheques using money donated from the GoFundMe page set up for her family following Cassius's death.
"It's an appreciation of the local community groups that Cassius has access to for years and years," she said.
"All three of those groups don't just work with the youth but also with the families as well.
"It's like a wraparound service. And they basically do whatever is needed in godly hours.
"You know, getting kids home from basketball games . feeding them, whatever it may [be], whatever crops up in the lives of these young ones in their family. These groups help."
The Lawnmower Boys, a small community landscaping business Cassius started with his friends, will also receive money for new equipment.
"I had them at my house yesterday, the Lawnmower Boys," Ms Turvey says.
"They used to go to SCYS with Cassius . and they said 'yeah we haven't been (back) there, it's just really, really hard'.
"With grief, everyone grieves differently and the timing of when they start getting back to some form of normality for life differs in each and every one of us."