Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Parkes waa gudoomiyihii hore oo hadda ah madaxweynaha nolosha ee hay'adda samafalka ee Cruse Bereavement Care. Wuxuu u shaqeeyay sidii lataliye iyo lataliye ka dib musiibadii Aberfan (Oktoobar 21, 1966), shilkii diyaaradeed ee Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 ee Switzerland (Abriil 10, 1973),
Dabkii naadiga kubadda cagta ee Bradford (May 11, 1985), burburkii MS "Herald of Free Enterprise" ee Belgium (March 6, 1987), iyo qaraxii diyaaradda Pan American Flight 103 ee ka dhacay Lockerbie (December 21, 1988). Martiqaad ka yimid UNICEF, wuxuu lataliye ka ahaa abuurista Barnaamijka Soo kabashada Dhibaatada ee Rwanda bishii Abriil 1995. Mar uu ka codsaday dowladda Ingiriiska, wuxuu gacan ka geystay in la dejiyo barnaamij taageero ah oo loogu talagalay in lagu caawiyo qoysaska ka yimid Boqortooyada Ingiriiska kuwaas oo la duuliyay ka dib weeraradii argagixiso ee 11kii Sebtember, 2001, ee Magaalada New York. Bishii Abriil 2005, Parkes waxaa loo diray Hay'adda Help the Hospices oo ay weheliyaan Ann Dent oo loo diray Hindiya si ay u qiimeeyaan baahiyaha nafsaaniga ah ee dadka ku dhintay dhulgariirkii Badweynta Hindiya ee 2004 iyo tsunami.