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| My friend Julia Park, who has died aged 55 from cancer, spent her working life involved in community safety and the criminal justice sector, researching and facilitating partnerships between government and charitable organisations. More recently, from 2011, Julia was an honorary lecturer in criminology at the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Portsmouth. | My friend Julia Park, who has died aged 55 from cancer, spent her working life involved in community safety and the criminal justice sector, researching and facilitating partnerships between government and charitable organisations. More recently, from 2011, Julia was an honorary lecturer in criminology at the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Portsmouth. |
| She was born in Wolverton, Buckinghamshire, the second of three children of Peter Wickson, an engineer with British Rail, and Beryl (nee Bruce), who had given up her job in a local printworks to raise a family. Julia’s birth was an initial disappointment to her brother, Ian, who had informed the midwife that what he really wanted was a donkey. | She was born in Wolverton, Buckinghamshire, the second of three children of Peter Wickson, an engineer with British Rail, and Beryl (nee Bruce), who had given up her job in a local printworks to raise a family. Julia’s birth was an initial disappointment to her brother, Ian, who had informed the midwife that what he really wanted was a donkey. |
| Sibling squabbles brought out in Julia an early sense of social justice. When she left Radcliffe school, Wolverton, this instinct matured at the University of Kent, Canterbury, where she studied first geography and then focused on feminist geography as part of a master’s degree in urban studies. | Sibling squabbles brought out in Julia an early sense of social justice. When she left Radcliffe school, Wolverton, this instinct matured at the University of Kent, Canterbury, where she studied first geography and then focused on feminist geography as part of a master’s degree in urban studies. |
| Julia began work at the Haven Project, a women’s refuge charity in Wolverhampton, before she moved into strategy development in the field of domestic abuse and youth offending. As an independent consultant, she was commissioned to undertake research studies and reviews by Portsmouth city council, the Home Office and the Scottish Office. | Julia began work at the Haven Project, a women’s refuge charity in Wolverhampton, before she moved into strategy development in the field of domestic abuse and youth offending. As an independent consultant, she was commissioned to undertake research studies and reviews by Portsmouth city council, the Home Office and the Scottish Office. |
| Many of Julia’s friends knew her for her unswerving enthusiasm for sport (particularly running) and for encouraging her family in their own endeavours. She met her future husband, Stephen Park, now the performance director at British Cycling, when they both worked for an outdoor community education project in their 20s, and they married in 2000. Julia was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011. | Many of Julia’s friends knew her for her unswerving enthusiasm for sport (particularly running) and for encouraging her family in their own endeavours. She met her future husband, Stephen Park, now the performance director at British Cycling, when they both worked for an outdoor community education project in their 20s, and they married in 2000. Julia was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011. |
| With her cancer in remission, she returned to running and entered the Applecross Duathlon with her daughter, Grace. Although Julia learned to sail, canoe and climb, she loved a good walk, and completed the 100-mile South Downs Way in just five days, again accompanied by Grace, as well as the family dog, Bonnie. | With her cancer in remission, she returned to running and entered the Applecross Duathlon with her daughter, Grace. Although Julia learned to sail, canoe and climb, she loved a good walk, and completed the 100-mile South Downs Way in just five days, again accompanied by Grace, as well as the family dog, Bonnie. |
| In her home village of Titchfield, Hampshire, she and a group of friends initiated a monthly cinema screening, which began in 2012 and ran until shortly before Julia’s death. | In her home village of Titchfield, Hampshire, she and a group of friends initiated a monthly cinema screening, which began in 2012 and ran until shortly before Julia’s death. |
| In 2017 Julia’s cancer returned, and throughout her treatment her determination to make a difference to others shone through when she joined the team at Clear Sky, a charity that supports child therapy. | In 2017 Julia’s cancer returned, and throughout her treatment her determination to make a difference to others shone through when she joined the team at Clear Sky, a charity that supports child therapy. |
| Julia is survived by Stephen and Grace, her father and her siblings, Ian and Viv. | Julia is survived by Stephen and Grace, her father and her siblings, Ian and Viv. |
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