YOUNGSTERS are to learn about citizenship during football coaching sessions this summer.
Community beat officers from Northumbria Police are taking part in Sunderland football club's community football programme.
They will be talking to young people about the role of police, the effect young people's behaviour has on residents, and drugs, in between coaching sessions.
The club's community development officer, Bob Oates, said they were helping improve citizenship among young people in the North-East.
The next coaching scheme will be held at Sunderland High School on August 8 and 9.
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