KEIGHLEY Rotary Club has reflected on a hugely successful past year.

Rotarians have organised and supported a wide range of activities, and helped various good causes.

In January the club staged a young musicians competition at St Andrew's Church, Keighley, where judges praised the high standard of entries.

The past 12 months have seen members support the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal, the Keighley Salvation Army food bank, domestic abuse and sexual violence charity Staying Put, the annual garden party staged by Oxenhope Sue Ryder hospice Manorlands, Marie Curie's Great Daffodil Appeal, a Keighley Lions Club Santa's grotto at Cliffe Castle and the Santa fun run organised by Haworth & Worth Valley Rotary Club.

Visits were arranged to the Allerton Waste Recovery Park in North Yorkshire and Carrington Power Station, in the Greater Manchester area.

And there were theatre outings and quizzes.

Outgoing president Bernardine Maloney spoke about the year's highlights as she handed over the club reins to Jim Staton.

She said: "The year has flown by and it has been a very successful one for the club.

"We supported local charities, both helping out and raising money.

"We ran the very successful young musicians competition and will send a young person to the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards next month.

"As well as supporting the local community, the club also supports international projects such as End Polio Now.

"I was delighted to present a cheque for £1,570 to the Salvation Army food bank, which was my nominated charity of the year."

She adds: "The motto of Rotary is Service above Self, and the Keighley club works to support local, national and international communities.

"Anyone interested in giving back to their community, meeting new people and having fun is very welcome to join us."

Mr Staton has adopted The Magic of Rotary as the theme for his presidential year.

His chosen charity is Hope and Homes for Children, which works across the world to get separated youngsters out of orphanages and back with family.

The Keighley club is one of 1,700 Rotary groups in Great Britain and Ireland.

It meets each Monday lunchtime at Central Hall, Keighley, and some meetings are held via Zoom.

Anybody interested in joining should email secretary@keighleyrotary.org in the first instance.

For further information about the club and its activities, go to facebook.com/keighleyrotary or rotarygbi.org

The club can also be found on X, formerly Twitter, @keighleyrotary