Can anyone think of ideas to commerate my brother's 10th death anniversery

[Vinegar]

He died when I was quite young and I would like to do something. Have some ideas floating around, like sponsering a child on his behalf, something like a bench(though not that keen on that).

Has anyone who has lost someone close to them done anything special? Would appreciate some ideas.

Sponsering a child would be a nice gesture. It's a very personal thing, a remembrance, it depends what you think your brother would have liked and how your family would like to remember him. We have to do something for my Dad next year, he died in August. We're thinking of playing some of the music he wrote and getting some of his friends to speak.

The problem is that my family is scattered in three different countries and so unfortunately we can't do anything as a family together. I'd like to to leave something beneficial and hopefully long-lasting in his memory, just don't know what yet.

That is a good idea Vinegar.
I haven't done anything like this, but here are some ideas:

do something you are truly passionate about to put on an event to raise funds for a charity helping bereaved siblings or research into something relevant to his life.

plant some trees: Woodland Trust, or Trees for Life.

spend the anniversary volunteering to help others in some way.

You don't say how old he was, but if there was something he particularly enjoyed, get in touch with everyone who loved him and invite them on a day out to celebrate his passion.

If you are arty/crafty make something beautiful/useful for someone else who loved him, in his memory.

Go somewhere special to him, with some people special to him and enjoy each other's company.

Sorry to hear about your brother.
My sister commited suicide nearly 4 years ago and instead of having flowers at her funeral we chose to sponser a child with the donations.We sponser a little girl in Gambia and furnished the classroom with the money.The class is now named after my sister and the children pray for her before school starts
We send donations to the girl and her family eg once we sent a tenner which paid for her baby brother to have a malaria tablet ,and we send gifts at Easter and birthday and Christmas and sometimes the class have a party.The teacher of the school keeps in regular contact with my parents and sends Kaddy's school report and little gifts she has made or the family have sent us. The sponsership was arranged by a lady who lives up the road as she and several neighbours sponser some of her classmates and go over there each year.
I highly recommend doing something like this in memory of a loved one.

thats lovely
the pray is fab

Thank you for your ideas barefootdancer. He was 24 when he died. We lived in a different country when we were younger, so none of his friends are easily accesible. Dh never met him and I feel that it is something I need to do by myself.

Pelvicfloornomorechocolate - What your family has done in memory of your sister sounds fantastic. I think I will look into that, feel really choked up now....

Hope i haven't upset you?
Sponsering a child helps keep my sister's memory alive and she would have loved it,she always wanted children but wasn't in any sort of position to have them as she was suffering from mental ill health for most of her life.
Hope that you find a way of keeping your brother 'alive' in memory

No you haven't upset me at all Pelvicfloornomorechocolate. My db also died as a consequence of mental health problems. Just thought it was a lovely idea and it has inspired me to look into it seriously - thanks for your post.

Could you do a tree-planting?

I'm not much of a gardener, but I guess it is something I could look into.