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We will be awarding eight prizes, including an overall winner, to be announced at a special ceremony on June 19.

There will be trophies for the best garden, best clean-up campaign, best environmental initiative, best community garden, best community initiative and best business initiative, plus a schools award.

The best garden prize will be presented to the best residential garden. We are looking for gardens which are attractive and wellkept, which improve the appearance of the local area.

The clean-up campaign category celebrates the best clean-up initiatives taking place across the city. We want to hear from people who have come together to tidy up their local area, whether it’s a street, gardens, allotments or even a park.

The Best Environmental Initiative Award will be presented to city’s best “green” project, whether it’s a recycling scheme, a road safety initiative or something completely different, while for the best community garden category, we will be looking for gardens which are used by the whole community.

The winner of the best community initiative category will be an exceptional example of a project which encourages people to work together, which has gone the extra mile to make a real difference to people’s lives.

The Green Glasgow Business Award will be presented to the company, large or small, which has played its part in keeping Glasgow clean and green and the schools award will be given to a nursery, primary, secondary or assisted support for learning school which can demonstrate what contribution it has made to its local community.

The overall winner will be chosen from the winners of all the other categories.

Evening Times Editor Donald Martin said: “For seven fantastic years, Streets Ahead has brought people together in all corners of the city.

“Our campaign, with the generous support of our partners, has helped fund projects that make life better for all.

“Now it’s time to reward them at our annual celebration. We are all looking forward to receiving nominations for each category and to welcoming the finalists along to the awards night in June.”

Look out for more inspiring Streets Ahead supporters in tomorrow’s newspaper and online at www.eveningtimes.co.uk

Closing date for entries is May 3.