{"id":1317,"date":"2020-07-12T15:36:51","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T14:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spbr.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/?page_id=1317"},"modified":"2020-07-14T11:34:42","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T10:34:42","slug":"graham-birkin-rip","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spbr.org.uk\/index.php\/graham-birkin-rip\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham Birkin, RIP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With great sadness we report that our good friend, comrade and small park BIG RUN supporter, Graham Birkin, died peacefully, with his family by his side on July 7th after a long illness.<br><br>Graham was an educator and also a great encourager, helping people express themselves and tell their story; he welcomed&nbsp;people&nbsp;from everywhere into his life, and would do his best to help them, as an equal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-1323\" style=\"max-width: 820px;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-108-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-1323 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Graham\" data-height=\"600\" data-width=\"820\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_1323\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_1323\" class=\"flexslider\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1324 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2020-07-12 08:41:17\" data-filename=\"Graham-Melinda-TopPark-20JuneSPBR2020-scaled-820x600.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spbr.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Graham-Melinda-TopPark-20JuneSPBR2020-scaled-820x600.jpg?resize=525%2C384&#038;ssl=1\" height=\"384\" width=\"525\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1323 slide-1324 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Graham-Melinda-TopPark-20JuneSPBR2020\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Waving  Melinda through, 2020<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1338 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2020-07-14 11:48:42\" data-filename=\"Graham-TopPark-20JuneSPBR2020-scaled-820x600.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spbr.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Graham-TopPark-20JuneSPBR2020-scaled-820x600.jpg?resize=525%2C384&#038;ssl=1\" height=\"384\" width=\"525\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1323 slide-1338 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Graham-TopPark-20JuneSPBR2020\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">At the top of the park, 2020<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1325 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2020-07-12 08:41:24\" data-filename=\"Graham-ComingUpParkHill2-SPBR20June2020-scaled-820x600.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spbr.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Graham-ComingUpParkHill2-SPBR20June2020-scaled-820x600.jpg?resize=525%2C384&#038;ssl=1\" height=\"384\" width=\"525\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1323 slide-1325 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Graham-ComingUpParkHill2-SPBR20June2020\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Coming up the hill, 2020<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1328 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2020-07-12 08:49:47\" data-filename=\"walking-round-in-2019-820x600.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spbr.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/walking-round-in-2019-820x600.jpg?resize=525%2C384&#038;ssl=1\" height=\"384\" width=\"525\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1323 slide-1328 msDefaultImage\" title=\"walking round in 2019\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Walking round with Caroline and Jack, 2018<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1329 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2020-07-12 08:49:58\" data-filename=\"with-dave-and-loveday-in-2018-820x600.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spbr.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/with-dave-and-loveday-in-2018-820x600.jpg?resize=525%2C384&#038;ssl=1\" height=\"384\" width=\"525\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1323 slide-1329 msDefaultImage\" title=\"with dave and loveday in 2018\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Walking round with Dave and Loveday, 2018<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1330 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2020-07-12 08:50:06\" data-filename=\"Screenshot-2020-07-12-at-08.35.51-820x600.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spbr.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-12-at-08.35.51-820x600.png?resize=525%2C384&#038;ssl=1\" height=\"384\" width=\"525\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1323 slide-1330 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Graham in 2017\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Being interviewed by Angela, 2017<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He was also a great fighter for justice, right until the end and we are proud that his last political act, in the face of great physical difficulty, was to stand with Palestine, supporting small park BIG RUN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Graham loved the run. It is exactly what he was about &#8211; all manner of people coming together and cooperating&nbsp;to get something done. We will miss him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/437414168?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Graham did this lovely interview with Angela in the first run , June 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to make a charitable donation in Graham&#8217;s name, his wish was for any funds raised after his death to go to the following charities:<br><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.assistsheffield.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Assist Sheffield<\/a> <br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomfromtorture.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Freedom From Torture<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/?page_id=271\" target=\"_blank\">Sheffield Palestinian Solidarity Campaign\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With great sadness we report that our good friend, comrade and small park BIG RUN supporter, Graham Birkin, died peacefully, with his family by his side on July 7th after a long illness. Graham was an educator and also a great encourager, helping people express themselves and tell their story; he welcomed&nbsp;people&nbsp;from everywhere into his &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spbr.org.uk\/index.php\/graham-birkin-rip\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Graham Birkin, RIP&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1321,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1317","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spbr.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spbr.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spbr.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spbr.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spbr.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1317"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/spbr.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1336,"href":"https:\/\/spbr.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1317\/revisions\/1336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spbr.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spbr.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}