YOUNG footballers can improve their soccer skills at summer holiday coaching courses run by Sunderland AFC.

The club's team of FA-approved coaches will be touring the North-East.

The fee for the courses, for children aged up to 14, is £12, or £10 for members of Sunderland AFC's junior supporters' club, SAFC 24-7.

Sunderland's Southmoor School and Park View Community Association, in Chester-le-Street, are the venues for the first courses, to be held on July 23 and 24.

Easington Community School, Easington Village, stages a session on July 25.

Norton Sports Complex, on Teesside, and Sunderland's Health and Racquet Club, at Doxford Business Park, stage sessions on July 26 and 27.

Monkwearmouth School, Sunderland, is the setting on July 30 and 31, while the coaches move on to Washington's Biddick Comprehensive, on August 2 and 3.

The touring classes end at Framwellgate Moor Comprehensive, Durham, on August 13 and 14.

Bookings can be made by email, to samson