PROJECTS by Bolton-based community environmental groups will be honoured in the first Greening Greater Manchester Awards.

Six awards will be made -- including those for derelict land transformation, people and places, waste management, environmental education and general excellence.

Greening Greater Manchester has supplied more than 250 community-based projects across the region with grants totalling £3 million.

The award ceremony will be held in Manchester Conference Centre in Sackville Street on October 4.