FREE fitness classes have been set up to help people get in shape.

The Derwentside Lifestyle Initiative has teamed up with Dipton Community Centre and Leadgate Area Partnership.

The Leadgate centre offers low-impact aerobics on Wednesdays and Fridays, between 2pm and 3pm. The Dipton centre has the class every Thursday, between 10am and 11am.

On Fridays, people can do dance, from 10am to 11am, pilates, from 11am to noon, dance for six to eight-year-olds, from 4pm to 4.45pm, and dance for under-11s from 4.45pm to 5.30pm.