Keighley's Girlguiding movement turned out in strength on Sunday for its annual Thinking Day celebration.

There was a procession through the town and a service at Keighley Shared Church.

Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and leaders from throughout the Keighley division took part.

Guests at the service included Keighley MP Ann Cryer, town mayor Councillor Amjad Zaman and mayoress Safina Zaman, representatives of Keighley’s Scout movement and the Lions, members of the Trefoil Guild and Friends of Guiding and commissioners from neighbouring divisions.

Also present were representatives from Bradford Deaf Children’s Society, which was the beneficiary of the collection. It is a district-wide self-help group run by – and for – families with deaf children.

The Rev John Hudson welcomed the congregation and there was an introduction from Julie Coates, of Keighley East district.

During the service, Keighley East members outlined three Girlguiding UK Changing the World projects.

The first was Water Aid’s Sing For Change and the girls sang two songs from a special CD. Water Aid works to provide safe water for the world's poorest people – in Nepal, for example, thousands of people don’t have access to drinkable water and over 70 per cent of the population has no access to a toilet.

The second project was Book Aid International’s Ubuntu. The charity has distributed over 25 million books across the developing world and the aim of the project is to raise £20,000 to send more than 15,000 books to Africa. Second Riddlesden Guides told a traditional African story.

And the final project highlighted was the National Deaf Children’s Society Hands Up venture. The intention is to raise £100,000 for a listening bus that will travel the country, supporting deaf children and increasing awareness. Another element of the project is to learn sign language and in the service young members signed their promise.

The presentation of the Sarah Robinson Award, given annually by the Keighley division executive for outstanding loyalty and commitment in Guiding or the local community, was made by division president Margaret Bailey.

Recipient was Barbara Lowcock, who has recently retired after more than 40 years as leader of the 7th Keighley Brownie pack. She is continuing to support the movement in other ways.

Thinking Day is held to mark the joint birthdays of Lord Robert Baden-Powell – who founded the Guides – and his wife Olave, and for young members to think of others in the organisation across the world. A rendition of Happy Birthday was sung.