A CHARITY which helps clean up the River Thames is offering training to boost job prospects. Thames 21 is running a programme for school leavers and anyone up to 25 who has been hit by job shortages

A CHARITY which helps clean up the River Thames is offering training for people hoping to boost their job prospects.

Thames 21 is running a free programme for school leavers and anyone up to 25 who has been hit by job shortages to help them develop leadership and management skills.

They will learn how to promote and run river 'clean up' days like those they run every year cleaning up litter washed up onto on the foreshore between Limehouse and the Isle of Dogs.

Details are online for the next Thames 21course is at Deptford or phone 020-7213 0167.