MORE youngsters will have the chance to get back into work thanks to a new Prince's Trust course in Middlesbrough.

The Trust's "team programme", which helps the young unemployed to develop their confidence and skills through community tasks and challenges, is being run at the Langridge Initiative Centre in Berwick Hills.

Stockton Riverside College is delivering the course at the Langridge Centre, which has undergone a revamp.

The community facility is now being used at 92 per cent capacity - up from ten per cent - and now offers a range of activities and services.

New centre manager and community engagement officer, Amanda Buck said: “Our aim is to get a wide range of organisations using the centre so that we can work with the whole community.”

Stockton Riverside College currently helps dozens of youngsters each year, aged 16 to 25, gain the skills and confidence to find work or return to education through the free 12-week Prince’s Trust course delivered at venues across Teesside.

The pilot programme in Berwick Hills will be the second team to run in Middlesbrough following the success of the college’s long-running scheme at Breckon Hill Community Centre in the town.

In fact, young people from the existing Middlesbrough group helped redecorate the facilities that will now be used by their new counterparts, as part of their own community project.

Centre manager Ms Buck, who also manages the Breckon Hill Community Centre, said: “We are looking forward to welcoming the young people to the centre.

“The Prince’s Trust course will form part of a programme of activities that offers the community education, recreational and social opportunities.”

The new Middlesbrough Prince’s Trust course starts at the Langridge Initiative Centre on Monday, September 28. For details call 07875 381711 or visit www.stockton.ac.uk/princes-trust/