A TRAINING company is launching a course to help parents get back into office work.

Freshstart, run by Access Training, is a flexible training programme which fits around school hours and holidays.

Christine Chun and Jo Richardson have been appointed to run the courses.

Ms Chun, 42, from Hexham, Northumberland, is running Freshstart at the firm's Team Valley, Gateshead, base, and Ms Richardson, 36, from Rowlands Gill, near Consett, in County Durham, will manage the programme at North Sands Business Park, in Sunderland.

Freshstart is free and open to anyone aged between 18 and 65 who is unemployed or working part-time for less than 16 hours a week.

A coffee morning for anyone interested in taking part in the courses will be held on Wednesday, July 17, at Access Training, Queensway North, Team Valley, and the following day at the North Sands Business Park, Sunderland.

For details call Nicola Brown on 0191-565 3153, or Julie Reayon 0191-487 4454.