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LOCAL charity Yachting Gives Back has handed over a sixweek meat supply to the Associacio Tardor soup kitchen, which feeds some of Palma’s poorest families. The donation came fol lowing a successful fundraising charity cycle. The charity said: “The meat budget is a constant worry for Tardor volun teers, whose kitchen not only feeds hundreds of peo ple daily but also caters for residents at their two homeless shelters Llar Kurt and Llar Inge. “Thank you once again to all the riders, sponsors and organisers of the e3 Sys tems charity ride for mak ing a positive difference to our hardworking friends at Tardor. Your fundraising means we can continue to support Tardor and other food banks and shelters over the coming months! You have made us very proud.” Yachting Gives Back is a charity aimed at improving living conditions for the most vulnerable across Mal lorca. It said: “The yachting industry is surrounded by in credible luxury and it’s very easy to forget that people are struggling right on our doorstep! “The superyachts, luxury villas and performance cars provide a stark contrast to an altogether different side of the Balearics.” Their offices open three mornings a week and col lect toiletries, cleaning ma
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CYCLE DRIVE: Yachting Gives Back raised funds with a charity cycle.
terials, meals prepared by the yachts’ chefs, clothing, bedding and other useful items to deliver to various charitable organisations on the island. Financial support from companies and individuals allows YGB to respond to specific needs like washing machines, fridges and other
equipment in the soup kitchens and homeless shel ters. Organiser Nick Entwistle said: “The yachting industry is surrounded by incredible luxury and it’s very easy to forget that people are struggling right on our doorstep.” He added: “Whether
yacht crew or service busi nesses, we are fortunate to make our living from some of the wealthiest people on the planet and many, but by no means all, of us are therefore in a position where we can easily give something back to this beautiful island community we call home.”
Cycling the world MIQUEL SORELL is a 27yearold Mal lorcan who defines himself as a ‘nomad’ and has set out to cycle around the world with his bike and his dog Luca. He started his great adventure in 2019 in Africa and continued it in Eu rope, Turkey and Iraq. His next desti nation will be Mexico, where he will travel with his bike and his dog Luca with the intention of crossing the South American continent until he reaches Argentina. “The trip could take years. In reality, I’m going to live in America, with a bi
cycle that I can use to get around,” said the Mallorcan, to which he adds that he is in “no hurry” to get to Ar gentina. He defines his lifestyle as “be ing nomadic”: being on the move with the intention of making a living from it: travelling and telling stories (which he broadcasts on his YouTube channel, his website and his Instagram ac count). Miquel’s first adventure was in 2019 when he made his first big solo trip from East Africa to South Africa walk ing and backpacking, but not cycling.
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Trans October
IN support of Trans Octo ber, on Tuesday, October 25, Palma City Council placed a trans flag on its balcony as a show of support. The councillor for So cial Justice, Feminism, LGBTI and Quality, con firmed that: “This sym bolic act aims to accom pany the visibility of this Showing their support. group, which has been historically ignored and threatened. We, as an institution, must support their demands, promote their visibility and fight for the extension of their rights.” International Day of Action for Trans Depathologi sation is celebrated every year on the third Saturday of October, an initiative that emerged in 2009 with the aim of eliminating all diagnostic categories that may affect trans people.
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