A FREE course is being run next month for unemployed people who are trying to get a job working with food.

Hartlepool Borough Council's Working Solutions team is running a one-day food hygiene certificate course on Thursday, February 2, at Belle Vue Sports and Community Centre, in Kendal Road, Hartlepool.

The course will cover working with and preparing food.

"The course is particularly aimed at people in Hartlepool who are ready to start work, but who must have the food hygiene certificate to secure a job," said Ali McKenna, of Hartlepool Working Solutions.

For more information or to book a place, call Ms McKenna on (01429) 523514.