Photo gallery of Yachting Gives Back

Snapshots of help in action

The early days, see photos

Yachts respond, see photos

Solidarity chefs, see photos

Fundraising drives, see photos

A true story
As reported on our FB page on the 12th of Oct 2019:

It’s Saturday. It’s noon. At Yachting Gives Back HQ it’s quiet – too quiet!
Suddenly the phone rings. It’s an emergency. The crew of a large superyacht have decided that they will not, after all, be eating on board this weekend.
The chef has a dilemma. What’s she gonna do with all this fresh food? Who’s she gonna call? No, no, not Ghostbusters – Yachting Gives Back that’s who!
At HQ YGB’s elite team of food collectors spring into action. (Okay, okay, one of them prises himself creakily from his sofa and ambles out to his car and heads for the marina.)
1225 He’s on the dock loading six boxes and bags of fresh fruit, veg, meat and fish into his car.
1240 He’s at Associació Tardor delivering everything in time for lunch.
Panic over – potential food wastage averted but it was close – too close!
Who you gonna call ? Nick 619 117 937
#zerowaste

The early days

A man carrying plastic bags full of clothing

A man in container surrounded by donated materials

A man and a woman leaning on an open car boot

A woman showing thumbs up in front of a container

A Land Rover filled to the brim with toys

A woman packing bags on the roof rack of a Land Rover

The YGB and STP teams together in front of the container

A man standing next to donated supplies in the container

Hundreds of prepared food donation bags ready to be given out at Mallorca Sense Fam

A man and two women standing next to donated food from a regatta

Yachting Gives Back was proud to work with the teams competing in the Rolex TP52 World Championship 2019 taking place in Puerto Portals. Every evening all leftover food from the 11 racing crews and their shore support teams was picked up and delivered directly to the Associació Tardor soup kitchen in Palma. Thank you for this wonderful collaboration 52 Super Series #SuperSailors #GivingBack

Yachts respond

A group of people next to a side passerelle of a large motor yacht

A woman with bags of donations behind a yacht on a dock

Two women with bags of donations behind a yacht

A woman with a car boot full of donations behind a yacht

A man and a woman with bags of donations on a passerelle of a large yacht

A man with bags of donations standing behind a motor yacht

A woman and a man standing side by side behind a yacht

Two men with bags of donations behind a yacht

A smiling man on a dock with a trolley full of donations

A man with a shopping trolley full of donations next to a yacht in the shipyard

Two women standing on dock with bags of donations

Two women holding bags of donations next to the YGB container

Galley magic

As Spain went into a Covid lockdown in March 2020, making it very difficult for the soup kitchens to keep up with the need of daily meals, the yacht chefs leapt into action! Throughout the pandemic they have tirelessly prepared thousands of meals, packed them in individual containers and synchronised a pick up with Yachting Gives Back for a delivery to Comedor Tardor. A huge thank you to the solidarity chefs, their captains, colleagues and the owners of the yachts. Your efforts and your generosity will never be forgotten!

Two women embracing in a galley behind a basket full of ready made meals

A woman with a bowl and a whip in a galley

A woman in a galley cooking a soup and showing thumbs up

A male chef preparing food in the galley

A smiling woman peeling potatoes in the galley

A chef standing in the galley holding a basket of food rations

A chef and two deckhands standing on dock behind the boat with a full bag of food rations

A delivery of food rations arriving to Associacio Tardor

Two women standing on the dock with a cooler filled with food rations

Three smiling people looking at the camera

Food rations piled up on the worktop in a galley

A chef standing behind an open boot of a car

Two girls with Santa hats and boxes of cookies

Fundraising initiatives

Poster for Radio One Mallorca Radiothon 2020

Poster for 7 Superyacht Charities 7C´s Challenge

Poster for a Christmas charity collection

Collection of prices for the Radio One Mallorca Radiothon 2020

Two shopping trolleys full of food stuff at a supermarket food collection

Poster for PressUp Challenge in January 2021

Shelter Llar Inge, see photos

Shelter Llar Kurt, see photos

Other shelters, soup kitchens and food banks, see photos

One step at a time

How do you break the cycle of poverty and exclusion, addiction, ill fortune, family breakdown and low self esteem? We don´t know the answer, but believe firmly that the first step on the dignity ladder must be a chance to enjoy at least one warm meal a day, have a decent place to sleep and a bathroom. With those basic needs fulfilled it is easier to fight against addiction, look for work, build up friendships and to reconnect with the rest of society. The shelters Llar Inge and Llar Kurt are 0/0, meaning there is a zero drugs and zero alcohol policy. The residents pay a minimal monthly rent and participate in the daily tasks of cleaning and maintenance of the shelters. The residents are encouraged to improve their circumstances, one step at a time. Yachting Gives Back is proud to be able to support the shelters and their residents in their quest, with generous donations from the yachting sector and the wider community.