Unlucky Alf
by
Dene Lindley

My mother spent all of five minutes deciding my Christian names, whilst drinking copious amounts of milk stout on one of her legendary benders; these being Alfred and Wilfred. With my surname being Hart, it comes as no great surprise, that when the names are linked together and shortened somewhat-Alf Hart said quickly in a Yorkshire accent, comes across as "I'll fart," and better still, when both Alfred and Wilfred are shortened, comes over as "Alf will fart." I came to realise, that if I hadn't been cursed with bad luck, I would have had no luck at all. So began my inauspicious life...

This story chronicles Alf's adventures and escapades growing up in a tough mining town in South Yorkshire in the 1960's. Seen through the eyes of an innocent yet street-wise child, the journey is full of mishaps and mayhem, but shows a child's viewpoint of life as it evolves'even when the odds are stacked against you.

The Eddie Lewis Story:
From Manchester to Soweto
by
Neilson Kaufman

Eddie Lewis: a lifetime devoted to soccer, 50 years of coaching on two continents... a journey from Manchester, England
to Soweto, South Africa.

This biography tells of the remarkable story of Eddie Lewis. As a young boy growing up in a small suburb of Manchester, he always had a dream of one day playing football for the great Manchester United. In November 1949, his dream came true when he joined the club and later become one of the original Busby Babes and a member of the team which won the first FA Youth Cup, three years later he scored on his Football League debut.

In subsequent years Eddie went onto play with many of the great United players like Bobby Charlton, Duncan Edwards, Roger Byrne and many others, a number of whom sadly lost their lives in the Munich air crash of February 1958, but are never to be forgotten. Later in his playing career he was part of two promotion campaigns to the First Division, what is today known as the Premier League with West Ham United and Leyton Orient.
In March 1970, he and his family moved to South Africa. There, Eddie coached many of the top teams including Wits in Johannesburg, the Soweto-based Kaizer Chiefs and Moroka Swallows-all to great success. Today, he is still considered as one of the great tacticians of the modern game.

In September 2007, he was honoured as one of just fifty recipients to receive an award for his excellent contribution to South African football from both the Confederation of African Football-CAF and the South African Football Association-SAFA, an award presented to him by the Premier of the Western Cape, Mr. Ebrahim Rasool.

Understanding
Unreasonable Force
By
Mark Dawes
&
Deborah Jones

The recent deaths in custody of 15-year-old Gareth Myatt and 14-year-old Adam Rickwood have brought the issue of the use of physical force with children and young people back to the forefront of people's minds. In both cases the issue of whether or not force should have been used was questioned. In short staff were not aware when they legally could or could not use force. Secondly, many techniques designed to control children safely within these so-called 'approved' systems are actually placing children at risk of increased injury and even death as the findings in this book will reveal.

In addition, many staff employed to look after children in our society have been hospitalised, had limbs amputated and some have even been killed, resulting in a number of high profile cases having been lodged and won against employers who have failed to protect their staff from the risk posed by the children in their care, with payouts running into hundreds of thousands of pounds.

This book aims to dispel the myths and misunderstandings that exist by looking squarely at the facts. The end result is that you will know when you may and may not use force with children and young people, what increases risk and what reduces risk. By doing this we can move towards the ultimate aim of this book, the protection of children and young people in our care, balanced also by the need to protect the staff who care for them.

Due to the tragic losses of young people like Gareth and Adam, many child care professionals consider that any use of force with children and young people is unreasonable, hence the title of the book-Understanding Unreasonable Force.