This presentation was made for the Student Conference in GUU (guu.ru)

1. Involvement
of the Young
in Volunteering
Matevosyan Gor
Institute of Marketing

2. *Volunteering in the United States, 2014
**Voluntary Work, Australia, 2010
***Community Life Survey: (2013-14)
25% USA
*
36% Australia**
74% United Kingdom***

3. What about you?

4. The meaning of volunteering
 unpaid activity
 benefit the environment
 help others
 progress yourself

5. Volunteering in Russia
 free-of-charge assistance
to people in need
 “volunteer” and “dobrovolets”
 “dobrovolets” more used
in legal documents

6. Types of volunteering
 administrative/office work
 teaching/supporting learning
 community volunteering
 sports/outdoor activities
 health/ecology
 and many others …

7. Good experience in the world

8. European Voluntary Service

9. European Voluntary Service
 part of Erasmus + project
 International volunteer programme
funded by the European Commission
 opportunity to have international expierence

10. Peace corps

11. Peace corps
 sends Americans abroad
 work at the grassroots level
toward sustainable change

12. Youthbank

13. Youthbank
 helps young people realize their dreams
 improves the quality of life of local
communities
 involves young people in grant-making
 promotes volunteering in the world

14. Mosvolonter

15. Mosvolonter
 supported by the Department of Culture
of Moscow
 improve the quality of volunteering in Moscow
 developing volunteering in Moscow

16. Involvement
of the Young in Volunteering
research results

17. Statistics

18. Statistics

19. Girls are more involved in volunteering
16%
84%

20. Popular types of volunteering

21. Having a job Total
Yes No
Involvement
in volunteering
YES
NO
14 61 75
23 62 85
Total 37 123 160
80% have not got a job, so they are volunteering

22. The reasons for NOT involvement in volunteering
 absence (or lack) of an opportunity
 absence of interest at all
 unwillingness
 dislike it

23. 70% make a volunteering work to help people

24. Girls are more involved in volunteering than boys

25. The Young are involved in volunteering
as they have a job

26. The main motivation for volunteers –helping others

27. Thanks for your attention

28. Questions
?