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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Annie Hudson

Damaris Le Grand obituary

Damaris Le Grand’s commitment to improving lives was forged by firsthand experience of the 1960s civil rights movements in the US
Damaris Le Grand’s commitment to improving lives was forged by firsthand experience of the 1960s civil rights movements in the US Photograph: family handout

My friend Damaris Le Grand, who has died aged 79, was a social worker and policy innovator who later spent many years as a volunteer supporting refugees. Her life reflected her determination to make the world a better place.

Known to everyone as Dammy, she was born in Norwich, the middle of three children of Betty (nee Southgate), a teacher, and Nigel Robertson-Glasgow, a vicar in Chipping Warden, Northamptonshire, where Dammy grew up.

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