A FREE event offering Colchester residents advice on skills and job prospects will take place next week.

Colchester Council and Jobcentre Plus has joined forces to organise the Skills and Opportunities day at The Old Library in Colchester town hall next Wednesday from 10am to 3pm.

Around 20 organisations will be on hand to offer help, including Adult Community Learning, Signpost, Health in Mind, Colchester Institute, Colchester Volunteer Bureau and Connexions.

Tina Dopson, councillor responsible for neighbourhoods, said:”I encourage those who are struggling to gain employment to attend this unique event, in the hope that this will empower residents to aspire to all they are capable of achieving.”