JOB seekers are being offered help on to the employment ladder with a free ten-week computer course.

The course uses Microsoft Word and will help people with letter writing, compiling a CV and gaining qualifications in literacy and numeracy.

It will start at Shildon Library on Thursday, August 18, and is being funded by the European Social Fund and managed by Durham County Council's Skills4Life Online Project.

Sessions run from 10am to noon on Thursdays and are suitable for beginners.

For more details, contact Louise Wilson at Durham County Council on 0191-383 4943.