Problems and prospects for the development of volunteer activities in the youth environment (based on materials of regional sociological research)

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to characterize the problems and prospects of development of volunteer activities in the youth environment of the Orel region. The article provides a brief review of the literature on volunteer activities. The article presents the results of the author’s sociological study “Coordination of volunteer activities among the youth of the Orel region” –materials of interviews with the heads of volunteer organizations (volunteer groups; volunteer groups; volunteer centers (movements)), volunteer projects) of the Orel region. Based on the analysis of the interview materials, groups of problems typical for the development of volunteer activities in the Orel region are identified. A comparison of the materials obtained by the author during the interview with the results of a questionnaire survey of residents of the Orel region, organized by the sociological laboratory of the Central Russian Institute of Management, a branch of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, and the results of a VTSIOM study are carried out.The results of the study-the analysis allowed the author to formulate the problems of development of volunteer activity in the youth environment of the Orel region and to identify the prospects for the further existence of this type of activity in the region.