Voluntary service

Autor	PhDr. František Pelka, Mgr. Marta Ondrušková
Organisation	Národní Institut Dětí a Mládeže
Year	2002
Research type	research report
Annotation	A non-existence of regulation related to volunteering, voluntary activities and a definion of the status of a volunteer in Czech Republic led to many difficulties for both Czech and foreign volunteers participating in home project. The situation has changed in 2001, which was the International year of volunteers. Czech government stated its support to volunteerism and launched a grant program supporting the volunteerism and as well as a law concerning the voluntary work was created. In the frame of this conception, an inquiry about volunteering among secondary school students in Praque was carried out by National Children and Youth Institute. The representative research which was carried out in May and June 2001 adressed 928 respondents at the age of 15-24 from the whole Czech Republic. Results of this research are presented in this research report. The questions focused on young people´s experience with volunteering, their interest and motivation in this field. Questions attempted to find out what type of volunteering is prefered by the youth and what exactly the youth expect and what are their ideas about volunteering home and abroad.
Keywords	Volunteering; volunteer; Czech legislative; youth
Research type	unrepeated research
Start date	1. 1. 2002
End date	30. 11. 2002
Obor	AO Sociology, demography
Note
Email	vyzkumy@nidv.cz
Availability	available in the NRVDM electronic library
Download research	1137849380.pdf
Research location	Národní institut pro další vzdělávání, Senovážné náměstí 25, Praha 1
Organisation	Národní Institut Dětí a Mládeže
Possible connection	Children and Youth Ratio in population Number of children and young people Expected numbers of children and young people Number of addressed clients by the Youth Information Centres network Volunteering abroad