A FREE course for people keen to learn about working with children kicked off at Redditch YMCA this week.

The six-week course, organised by the Worcestershire Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership, runs at the Loxley Close venue from 9.30am-noon on Tuesdays, starting yesterday.

Organisers are urging anyone interested in careers working with children to sign up for the 15-hour Making Choices course, which will not run through the school half-term holiday.

For more details on the Making Choices course, call the Children's Information Service on 01905 790560.

A careers guide, Choices - Working With Children in Worcestershire, is also available at libraries, Jobcentres and careers offices or by calling the Children's Information Service.