A mobile unit designed to get people back on the road to work is touring the Wear Valley area this month.

The unit has been set up by Wear Valley Action Team for Jobs, and will travel throughout the district this month and next month.

Advisors from the team and other employment agencies will offer job advice.

Clare Ward, of Wear Valley Action Team for Jobs, said: "We are here to help unemployed people back into work who live in Wear Valley District.

"Assistance can include financial help to improve chances of getting back into work, work clothing, childcare costs, travel expenses, tools, CVs or job search."

The unit will be at Crook Market Place on Tuesday, July 19, and Tuesday, August 2, and at Bishop Auckland Market Place on Friday, July 22, and Friday, August 5, all between 10am and 2pm.

It will also be available on a weekly basis at the following locations: Mondays - Watergate Estate, Crook, 1pm to 2pm and High Street, Tow Law, 2pm to 3pm; Tuesdays - Hall Lane Estate, Willington, 1pm to 2pm and Railway Street, Howden-le-Wear, 2pm to 3pm; Wednesdays - High Street, Eldon Lane, 1pm to 2pm and Tees Walk, Coundon, 2pm to 3pm; Thursdays - The Green, West Auckland and St Helen Auckland Estate, 9.30am to 11am and Proudfoot Drive Woodhouse Close Estate, Bishop Auckland, 11am to noon. Fridays - Henknowle Estate, Bishop Auckland, 10.30am - noon and Bishop Auckland College, noon to 1pm (term time only).