A CENTRE hoping to overcome people's fears of computers has opened its doors.

North Durham MP Kevan Jones opened the IT suite at St Andrew's Family Resource Centre, in Stanley High Street.

The training room contains six Internet-linked computers. A former church office, it was refurbished in a group project by the resource centre, the Family Services Team, the Learning Network Project, Derwentside District Council and Sure Start Stanley.

Lynne Bell, of Sure Start, said: "By putting the equipment in a community building, the IT suite is now a resource for the whole community, not just Sure Start families."