Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Parkes aimbova sachigaro uye zvino mutungamiri weupenyu webetsero Cruse Bereavement Care. Akaita somupi wezano uye mupi wezano mushure mekuparara kweAberfan (October 21, 1966), kuparara kwendege kweInvicta International Airlines Flight 435 muSwitzerland (April 10, 1973),
Moto weBradford Football Club (May 11, 1985), kuputsika kweMS "Herald of Free Enterprise" muBelgium (March 6, 1987), uye kuputika kwePan American Flight 103 pamusoro peLockerbie (December 21, 1988). Pakukokwa neUNICEF, akaita somupi wezano mukutanga kweTrauma Recovery Programme muRwanda muna April 1995. Pakukokwa nehurumende yeBritain, akabatsira kugadzira chirongwa chekutsigira kubatsira mhuri dzinobva kuUnited Kingdom dzakatorwa nendege zvichitevera kurwiswa kwegandanga kwaGunyana 11, 2001, muNew York City. Muna April 2005, Parkes akatumwa neHelp the Hospices naAnn Dent kuIndia kuti aongorore zvinodiwa nevanhu vakafirwa nevane hurwere hwepfungwa ne 2004 Indian Ocean kudengenyeka kwenyika uye tsunami.