Since 2015 a partnership has been in place between HolidayPirates and the World Parrot Trust, a global organisation which is committed to the protection of parrots and to species conservation.

Along with financial donations, the partnership also involves the implementation of social volunteering projects. For instance, together with the World Parrot Trust we used a video competition to select volunteers to help on a macaw project in Costa Rica.

The aim of the work by the World Parrot Trust is to support biodiversity in parrots, to end the trade in parrots captured from the wild and to preserve the birds' natural habitat.

More information about the World Parrot Trust is available at www.parrots.org

Every year the team at HolidayPirates organises an internal auction where donations are collected for a good cause.

In 2015 the donations went to Start with a Friend

Start with a Friend campaigns for the sustainable integration of refugees. The association provides refugees with mentoring tandem partners to support them in dealing with the new challenges they face in Germany.

More information is available at www.start-with-a-friend.de

In 2016 the donations went to the charity "Berliner Kältehilfe".

During the winter months the charity offers clothing, food and medical assistance to homeless people in Berlin. The proceeds from the HolidayPirates auction enabled the provision of sleeping bags and clothing for many homeless people.