Fundraising initiatives
Fundraising takes many forms - and we are continually inspired by the ingenuity and commitment of those who take action for our cause. Each initiative, whether by an individual or a company, reflects a unique blend of generosity, creativity, and heart.
Thanks to these efforts, we've been able to make substantial contributions to the charities we support - from providing an industrial-size oven or a walk-in fridge for a social kitchen, to offering educational materials for underprivileged youth, or funding an annual grant that enables the employment of a person at risk of exclusion through the Deixalles workshop. And that's just the beginning.
Discover some of the inspiring initiatives that keep our mission moving forward, join in future ones, or dream up a fundraising idea entirely of your own. Every act of support, big or small, helps us change lives together.
Past and ongoing actions are listed below, starting with the most recent and tracing back to the very first. If you'd like to know more about the amounts raised or how the funds have been used to support our beneficiaries, we'd love to hear from you. Guided by our belief in transparency, we carefully record every transaction and are always happy to share these details with anyone who wishes to learn more about our work.
From great golf and vibrant networking to the incredible generosity shown throughout the day, the spirit of the superyacht community was truly on display.
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Bringing together crews and nautical companies for a relaxed Friday afternoon of good music, great company and a taste of the new CdM vibe - all while raising funds for a good cause.
As usual, YGB collected their surplus sandwiches and salads which, over the seven days of the event, amounted to around 410 meals all of which were delivered to Associació Tardor's Llar Kurt men's shelter.
An extended on-air fundraising event with the hosts Richie Prior and and his team who tirelessly kept the listeners engaged with their "36 hrs of non-stop heart, hustle and pure community magic" and encouraged them to call in with their pledges for the dedicated charities.
The digital crew agency Crewdar has pledged to donate 50 euros to YGB per every published job until they reach 5000 euros in total to provide daily supplies for the beneficiaries of YGB.
The crew agency Hello Sailor has pledged to donate 5% of their monthly gross profit for YGB, for the provision of daily supplies for our beneficiaries.
Thanks to the continuing support of Green Valley School, the great efforts of their pupils and the wonderful generosity of their parents, we have been able to make a substantial donation to Shambhala Fundacion to fund a wide range of educational and vocational courses for several of their young warriors.
Thanks to the generous support of The Superyacht Charities Foundation and their annual Golf Tournament and Seafarers’ Supper during the Palma International Boat Show, we were able to provide Tardor with a magnificent new 6-burner gas oven.
A huge well done and thank you to the Corner Bar Palma for challenging the yacht crews and other clever minds with their very popular winter quiz nights, raising substantial amount of funds for YGB in the process.
Annual charity football match, playing for an important cause: men's mental and physical health. Funds raised are directed for important local charities in Mallorca, such as Street Angels Spain, Cancer Support Group Mallorca and YGB.
Jordan from year 6 in Green Valley School won a prize in the annual Mallorca Fashion Outlet art competition for local schools. Jordan´s excellent painting earned 500 euros for YGB, their chosen charity.
In collaboration with e3 Systems, 6Points Cycling Challenges and Marine Results, the Berthon Charity Bike Ride gathered a large number of participants in a fun chase followed by lunch in Port Adriano to channel funds through YGB to those in need.
Apart from the large amount of beautiful new presents, food, nappies and hygiene products donated by the staff, pupils and their parents, the school kids also raised a considerable funds for YGB running around their athletics track and through their Christmas Fair.
A wonderful networking and fundraising event in collaboration with Palma Sport & Tennis Club and Paella Lover, for the benefit of the charities supported by YGB.
An imaginative and truly challenging fundraiser in collaboration with @Yachtiesrunwild, M/Y Sassa La Mare, M/Y Lind, M/Y Solution and S/Y Mikado. A big applause for the fit and able crews!
A fun match between the Street Angels and yachties to promote men's health and wellbeing. It is very important to Move in Movember, in fact any time!
In addition to their regular Christmas collections and previous water installations, MTSea has now installed further 2 water filtration systems in Asociación Es Refugi and in Siloé.
Unconsumed food from the teams after the daily races and excess portions after the organised events were collected and delivered for the enjoyment of the residents at Llar Kurt homeless shelter.
The funds received from the successful annual Palma Seafarer's Supper in conjunction with the PIBS enabled us finance a much needed and obligatory plumbing upgrade in the Llar Kurt homeless shelter, plus supply and new washing machine and replace some of the worn out shutters in Siloé.
5 days of closely-fought racing between 13 highly competitive teams out of Puerto Portals. However optimised the nutrition & portions might be, there is always some leftover quality food, which was collected and promptly delivered to the residents of Llar Kurt homeless shelter.
Our dedicated and generous supporters at Green Valley School were busy fundraising for YGB again. During their summer fair they raised funds to help the less fortunate in Mallorca and we are very grateful as always for their stalwart support and send a huge thank you to the staff at Green Valley School, the pupils and their very generous parents, and everyone else who donated.
Thanks to the substantial donations we have received from Medical Support Offshore (MSOS) in the UK, we are very proud to have sponsored another trainee for a full year at the wonderful Dexailles facility in Palma as part of their very successful programme helping people into the workplace.
Widely respected and much loved Arjen was a loyal sidekick to Yachting Gives Back through his wife Louise, then vice-president of the organisation. Even if his untimely passing left us all reeling with pain, we have decided to remember and cherish the good times and the fun we had together. At his moving funeral, Arjen's family and friends chose to send donations to YGB, in lieu of flowers.
The 7th charity cycle event of e3 Systems was a tribute ride to the late Roger Horner, the founder of the company and an avid supporter of YGB. His engagement, energy and disposition were legendary in the yachting circles and beyond. We miss him and will be forever grateful for having known him and been able to call him one of us.
Clubbing for a good cause - surely the most fun kind of charity! The hard-working yachties showed no signs of tired joints when the DJ Hance unleashed his magic on the dance floor...
Julia, one of the Green Valley School year 6 students, recently took part in a drawing competition organised by Festival Park Shopping Village. The winners for each age group were awarded 500€ for a charity of their schools choice. Congratulations Julia and Green Valley school, we are very honored and grateful to receive this contribution.
A wonderful Christmas spirit between friends and neighbours while singing familiar Xmas carols and some newer versions as well, not forgetting some good old rock&roll! And of course, raising funds for a good cause.
It was the first time but it won't be the last. Club de Mar Mallorca's charity campaign to collect clothes and food was carried out in collaboration with the NGO Yachting Gives Back.
The e3 Christmas elves helped prepare gift jars for disadvantaged children in Mallorca. The collected glass jars were decorated and filled with small toys and sweets by the e3 staff, all together. The gift jars were then delivered to Yachting Gives Back who ensured they were put under the tree of a local association for families in need to be given to the children for Christmas.
For the third year in a row, the pupils and their families from Green Valley School organised a Christmas collection. They donated such a huge amount of food, nappies and new toys for families in need here in Mallorca, that we had to collect the donations in a convoy of three cars from YGB!
Christmas collections by the IPM Group from Marina Port de Mallorca, Marina Palma Cuarentena and STP Shipyard Palma were a success. The collection boxes in all three locations were filled and emptied several times! A huge thank you to all the marina staff and yachties who donated food, clothes, shoes and toys.
The resourceful and energetic staff of ESTELA hosted the second Superyacht Charity Movie Night at the Aficine Augusta movie theatre in Palma, for a screening of 'NAPOLEON'. Coinciding with the Napoleonic theme of the current edition of the annual guide 'The Y Yachting Itineraries', the event was sold out, with all ticket proceeds going to Yachting Gives Back.
Over 50 yachtie cyclists tackled one of the most demanding cycling routes on Mallorca – Sa Calobra during the epic e3 cycling challenge. The weather was fabulous and the route stunning! A wonderful opportunity to keep fit, have fun and see some of the amazing scenery that Mallorca offers whilst raising money for such a worthwhile cause.
A tightly fought but delightfully fun match between the Street Angels and Yachties resulted in 6-0 victory for the Angels. But don't give up Yachties, just keep moving for YGB!
YGB is very proud to have made a substantial contribution to the cost of the new stairlift at CAN GAZÀ thanks to the continuing support of the The Superyacht Charities Foundation and the generous donation we received from their wonderful golf event. This stairlift will make a huge improvement in the quality of life of the residents in the shelter.
At the end of each race day, YGB was on hand to pick up the left over catered food and deliver it directly to the Llar Kurt shelter in Palma run by the wonderful Associació Tardor. The residents of the Llar Kurt homeless shelter were very happy to have some delicious extra choices on their evening menu!
The YGB team was delighted to receive the excess food from the team in this friendly regatta, hosted by RCNP. As always, the residents of Llar Kurt appreciated the generosity of the teams.
Big shout out to the wonderful sailing teams and organisers of the 52 Super Series regatta donated their unused food from their spectacular event in Puerto Portals.
YGB's donated bedding operation could not function without the generous collaboration of Planet Space. The bedding is thoroughly sorted by our volunteers at the STP container, forwarded to Nick’s place for washing if needed, then shrink wrapped and labelled for storage in Planet Space's facility in Marratxi until needed in one of the homeless shelters, hospices or homes.
As well as funding the purchase and installation of the new electric charger at the Siloe AIDS Hospice in Santa Eugenia, the money raised at the event also covered a shortfall in the adaptation of the van for wheelchair use. This has made a major difference to a small but very special home and the lives of its staff and residents.
Thanks to the funds raised during this incredible event, we have been able to help the AMAR UCRAÏNA charity following a call for assistance to buy supplies for one of their new homes, “Bellavista”, in Mallorca. The home shelters Ukrainian women and children who fled their homes at the start of the war in Ukraine.
Fantastic day out on the mountains, with an option to complete either a short or a long route and finish off at the Omniaccess premises for a fun and delicious BBQ. All proceeds destined to Shambhala Foundation and YGB.
Thank you ESTELA for taking us all to the movies and helping the MALLORCA SENSE FAM food bank cover some recent shortfalls. The food bank helps hundreds of Palma’s most vulnerable families each week by providing basic foodstuffs and household essentials.
YGB is very impressed and grateful to Green Valley for teaching their pupils about charity work so that the next generation will feel compelled to strive for a better world. Thank you for inviting Nick to talk about the importance of assisting families less fortunate than ourselves, and thank you again for your contribution for our cause.
Evolution’s Christmas Charity Drive was a total success, with car loads of donations to distribute via YGB amongst charity organisations such as soup kitchens, educational facilities, rehabilitations centres, refuges, hospices and shelters.
Thank you Richie & team for your amazing radio marathon for the benefit of the less fortunate, and for donating your studio Xmas tree from Mallorca Christmas Trees to es Refugi. Says Richie: "When it comes to charity our island always steps up to the plate and I wanted to pass on the messages of thanks from all our charities who were very grateful for your help at such a difficult time."
Josie Burke of ConsultBurke together with yacht engineering company Phoenix One kindly organised a Christmas collection for YGB amongst the boat crew in Port Adriano. Lots of warm clothing, toiletries and food from the boat crews were collected and to top it off the Phoenix One office also donated two huge boxes of clothes and food as well as €1,000 for YGB to spend on the people we help.
Big shout out also to the lovely marina receptionist staff at STP Shipyard Palma, Marina Palma Cuarentena and Marina Port de Mallorca for another successful Christmas collection campaign. All the toys, clothing and food were successfully delivered to the shelters and food banks in time for Christmas. Thank you IPM Group Mallorca!
The kind-hearted students, parents and teachers from this amazing school have done it again! The hard-working Tardor volunteers were delighted by this huge donation, which helped them to provide food and essentials for the festive period for families living in poverty, not forgetting the toys which were wrapped and given to the children in the food queue as part of their Christmas campaign.
When new club Momos opened in San Agustin, John & Kim, who used to run the legendary yachtie hang-out Zambezi, a nightclub in Molino 3, Calle Industria in the early 2000s, asked the owners if they could hold a one-off charity club night for nostalgic reasons. Jim Hance from M/Y Paraiso, the original DJ got back on the decks and a fabulous night was had by over 200 clubbers!
Yachties versus Street Angels fighting it out for a good cause on the football pitch. Friendly but competitive game as always, encouraging men's mental health and well-being - a total win-win on all accounts!
A whopping 140 players teed off at the very first Superyacht Charities' golf event at Son Quint to enjoy a beautiful day of golf, lunch on the club terrace and an evening bbq prizegiving party with incredible raffle prizes all to raise vital funds for Yachting Gives Back, the Shambhala Fundacion and the Superyacht Charities Cash for Causes fund.
The Associació Tardor soup kitchen, which feeds some of Palma’s poorest families, received a six week meat supply from YGB thanks to this initiative. The meat budget is a constant worry for Tardor volunteers, whose kitchen not only feeds hundreds of people daily but also caters for residents at their two homeless shelters Llar Kurt and Llar Inge. Huge thanks to all the riders, sponsors and organisers of the e3 Systems charity ride for making a positive difference to our hardworking friends at Tardor.
Big thanks to the Oyster Yachts organisation and competing teams for collecting the excess food after races for YGB to pass to the shelters we support.
It is wonderful to see how this school teaches kids to care! Responding to the scarcity of hygienic supplies at Mallorca Sense Fam and the Llar Inge shelter, the big-hearted children, parents and staff whipped up a collection of toiletries, and complemented the donation with a substantial sum of money raised from their uniform sales.
Special thanks to the amazing team at MTSea Marine Air Conditioning & Refrigeration for donating their time to repair a broken a/c unit at the Shambhala center. In the cooler space, the warriors were able to concentrate on their training again.
Thank you for your consistent support and your generous donations from your wonderful cycling events which in real terms mean we can help more local people living in poverty. We are honoured and grateful for your continuous collaboration.
Thanks to the amazing team at e3 Systems and their sponsors, YGB was able to fund 3 new computers for the Shambhala centre in Palma. Shambhala is a wonderful charity that is currently helping 60 disadvantaged young people to reach their full educational, physical and social potential. It offers a lifeline to young adults who have been living in poverty, have left the social care system, are refugees or simply have very little family support, helping them to create a stable and independent future.
Thank you so much The Gap Counselling for all the loyal sponsors for raising money for our cause with your fantastic fun football event the Man-Well Charity Cup!
Thanks to the generous on-going support from Omniaccess SL, we were able to help fund a wonderful initiative to provide Ukrainian refugee children arriving in Mallorca with a school backpack full of essential equipment. Penny Burnell, a local schoolteacher, kindly shopped for and prepared backpacks for the Ukrainian children arriving here as refugees fleeing the war. To make the children feel welcome, the backpacks were handed out by the Policia Nacional when the families registered on arrival.
The Seafarers Supper fundraiser enabled us to happily answer some recent calls for funding help, such as
a new electric wheelchair for Antonio at the Llar Kurt homeless shelter, a a huge supply of paint to freshen up the Llar Inge and Llar Kurt, another medicine fridge and a system to call for help from the rooms at the Asociación Siloé Aids hospice, plus food and toiletries for the SOS MAMAS food bank and the Asociación Es Refugi homeless shelter. To everyone who participated at the fabulous Seafarers Supper, we will continue to answer calls for help in your name. Thank you so much.
Thanks to the wonderful fundraising efforts of the team at Fraser Yachts during their Captains’ Soirée, YGB was able to provide a brand new tumble dryer for the Santa Eugenia residence of Asociación Siloé, a wonderful organisation which runs two lovely homes on the island for AIDS sufferers who have found themselves without financial resources or family support. Additionally, the Associacio Tardor soup kitchen, which feeds hundreds of Palma’s poorest people on a daily basis, was supported with a weekly meat shop for the month of May - a challenging expense, given the large number of people in the daily Tardor food queue.
Our heartfelt thanks to Omniaccess for their wonderful pledge to provide regular funding for 12 months for YGB. The funds will be destined to support, apart from our regular beneficiaries, also Ukrainian refugees who had to flee their homes since the war broke out and who are now living here in Mallorca. The monthly donation allows YGB to do fresh food shopping for UR Mallorca, the wonderful charity supporting Ukrainians with food supplies, clothing, toiletries and accommodation.
The Kay’s Cup tournament was held in honour of the founder member of the SP Friends golf group Kay Milward and other absent golf friends sadly lost in the last year were also remembered during the event.
The Foggies, C and G Club and the Hooties golf groups joined in the tournament too. Part of the funds raised in the tournament were received by YGB to channel to Ukraine aid collection.
YGB was able to fund a psychotherapy programme at the Asociación Es Refugi homeless shelter for one year thanks to financial donations received from Medical Support Offshore. Regular psychotherapy sessions are an important tool to give shelter residents effective strategies to deal with difficult emotions so they are better able to reintegrate into society, rebuild relationships with friends and family and live the dignified life that every human being deserves.
Josh, Steve and Tam asked customers to donate funds for food for those less fortunate, then organised a huge shopping trip and delivery to YGB in STP. We were overwhelmed by their kind initiative and took it all to MALLORCA SENSE FAM food bank to boost their Christmas supply. Thank you wonderful people, it was very much appreciated!
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