It's great to be a volunteer! Why am I a volunteer? Article in the newspaper about the volunteer movement.

I suggest you get acquainted with some of the provisions of the concept ""

Who is a volunteer?

A volunteer is a person who brings faith in the good, hope for the future and love for others!

Volunteer or Volunteer?

It doesn't matter, since "volunteer" is a word of French origin, and "volunteer" is a native word. It can be used depending on the context. It is better to give preference to the domestic word, since subconsciously we understand the meaning of the roots that make up the word: goodness and will.

Who can be called a real volunteer?

Many people think that volunteers are those who do not take money or other rewards for their work. The free labor of volunteers is only a sign, not the essence of volunteering. It is too low to evaluate a real volunteer by the fact that he takes money for work or not. If you reason in this way, then for you the volunteer appears as a "narrow-minded person."

Volunteers in their activities are driven not just by the needs “according to Maslow”, but moral values. Volunteers have what we want to see in society, in families and in ourselves personally. In volunteers, values ​​are embodied in deeds, and not just in words. Being close to them, we can feel it, recharge ourselves with the desire to live like them. For the upbringing and development of a person, an example of values ​​embodied in life is needed - this is the main value of volunteering.

Therefore, a real volunteer is an example of morality and healthy lifestyle life, tolerance and cooperation, awareness and disinterestedness. This is what the World Declaration of Volunteers says.

What are the hallmarks of volunteerism?

What is the difference between authentic volunteering and labor activity, social protection, teaching practice, extracurricular activities schoolchildren and students, as well as charitable activities?

1. Mindfulness is the first and most important distinguishing feature. The impetus for volunteering must come from within a person - from one's own beliefs and values. A volunteer is deeply aware of and evaluates his motives, goals and objectives, the course and means of volunteering.

2. Initiative characterizes real volunteers, their business attitude and civic participation in the life of society. You can say: “A volunteer does not wait to be asked to do something, he sees what needs to be done, or asks about it himself!”

3. Volunteering - the volunteer acts without any coercion. If a person acts under administrative pressure, at the will of an "authoritative" person, on the basis of the charter of the organization, according to the rules of the educational institution, then he is not a volunteer.

4. Unselfishness is gratuitous work, and also not fully paid, provided that a person could actually receive a large payment for such work. A real volunteer is not motivated by secondary benefits: professional growth, expansion of social ties, publications in the media, etc. If there are no personal benefits, he will still be engaged in volunteer activities.

5. Personal effective (direct) participation in volunteer projects distinguishes a volunteer from a donor of money, the head of a charitable foundation, etc. In addition to leading, educational or advisory activities, a real volunteer, along with others, is directly involved in volunteer projects, since a personal example is the main convincing argument in motivating others!

6. Focus on the development of society distinguishes a genuine volunteer from a person who has an interesting time, seeks personal benefits in helping others, or defends the interests of his organization. A genuine volunteer seeks cooperation with others, or at least openly expresses his solidarity. Organizations that focus only on their projects or tasks embrace the idea of ​​volunteering, but do not develop a culture of volunteering in society. For them, volunteers are free. work force to solve social problems.

A real volunteer is guided by a conscious desire to perform actions (activities) for the benefit of other people and society, and not by seeking benefits for himself or the group to which he belongs.

Volunteer as a lifestyle or as a position in an organization?

Among some NGOs, it is widely believed that a newcomer to a public organization is a volunteer, i.e. one who does not yet know how to do anything, he cannot yet be fully trusted, and, accordingly, he has nothing to pay for. Therefore, he works on a pro bono basis, not according to his choice, but according to the internal regulations of the organization. In such organizations, there is a division into "specialists" and "volunteers". In other words, the volunteer is assessed in terms of the professional performance of their duties. This is not true!

A volunteer is, first of all, the owner of high moral qualities, which speak of his motivation and lifestyle, and not the level of professionalism. The definition of "volunteer" or "volunteer" can refer to both a beginner and an expert. "Volunteer in an organization" means that a person voluntarily and disinterestedly performs certain duties. You can be a volunteer without belonging to any organization, temporarily joining projects of organizations or conducting your own projects.

Becoming a member of the organization, the volunteer is obliged to obey the charter and decisions of the organization. For a true volunteer, being a volunteer is more important than being a member of an organization! Therefore, the World Declaration of Volunteers is more important to him than the charter of the organization or its decisions. Ideally, all organizations that use volunteers and use the term "volunteer" should align their relationship with volunteers with the World Declaration of Volunteers.

Volunteer code of honor

1. Volunteer activity is aimed at the benefit of other people and brings dialogue and cooperation to society.

2. A volunteer is not entitled to demand encouragement or receive material remuneration equal to or higher than the cost of the work performed.

Volunteers and libraries – do they need each other? (post #2)

Dear colleagues!

Squad of volunteers

Teenage rush!

He's on the shoulder

All good deeds

And the help of friends

It's hard to argue with that

Library

How important air is.

N.F. Dick

I can honestly admit that in our activities we did not attract volunteers, we did not work in this direction. For us, this is an unexplored area of ​​library activity. Yes, there are library friends, but it seems to me that these are slightly different concepts. For the purpose of self-education, as well as informing librarians like us, I will post information about the volunteer movement, forms of work with it, in order to understand how we can organize work in the library in this new direction for us.

Volunteering on an industrial scale

For those who want to attract volunteers to help in their work, M. Olchman, P. Jordan from Johns Hopkins University have written a special guide "Volunteers are a valuable source." Below are some highlights from the guide.

What is volunteering?

Volunteering is an unpaid, conscious, voluntary activity for the benefit of others. Anyone who consciously and selflessly works for the benefit of others can be called a volunteer.

Who can become a volunteer?

Most often, the answer to this question is this: it can be an adult, capable and responsible, who can devote his time and skill to voluntary work. Everyone can become a volunteer, in any field public life where there is a need.

What can volunteers do?

You can involve volunteers in those areas of activity that are not paid.improved, but remain important to the achievement of program objectives. For example, visiting the sick in hospitals, delivering groceries to the elderly who can no longer leave their homes, working with children at school, or drawing attention to a historical monument. etc. Any work can be done by volunteers. A volunteer is not only an assistant or Social worker caring for those around you. He may be a teacher, a computer scientist, a politician, an engineer or a designer.

Volunteers can:

Perform tasks that are not related to permanent paid work;

Add a new dimension and new people to the organization;

Bring new ideas to the organization;

Create public opinion about the organization in society; Spread information about the organization in personal communication with people;

Help raise funds;

Encourage civic engagement.

Volunteer motivation.

Often, the motive for volunteer work is the need for contacts with other people, overcoming the feeling of loneliness. Volunteering responds to the natural need to be a member of a group whose values ​​and goals a volunteer can fully comply with. Motivation factors are reflected in the survey results:

I want to help people in need 61%

Hope to learn something new 46%

I want to have something to do 41%

For my own pleasure 31%

I want to meet new people 29%

I want to answer people for kindness with kindness 11%

I want to deal with a certain problem 7%

I have free time 4%

Often people cannot fulfill all their needs by working only in their profession. In this case, volunteer work can bring variety, allowing you to escape from the daily routine. Volunteer work helps to satisfy such needs as contacts with new people, self-satisfaction, promotion of some values.

Yes, the "allowance" is concise and dry, it is devoid of the romance and mystery that shrouded the Timurov movement, which we all remember, it does not contain installations on the voluntary-compulsory principle, according to which the squads gathered - "voluntary police assistants". But if you use all the opportunities that the Internet provides today - blogs, social media etc. - there are many people with the same motivation who will come to the aid of libraries and will not only do useful work there, but also strengthen its social status.

Do Libraries Need Volunteers? Are libraries for volunteers?

(article from the newspaper TERRITORIA L (RGBM))

The answer suggests itself: Of course, volunteers are needed. As without them - especially small, especially rural libraries? Volunteers (they used to be called the reader's asset) have always been and, we hope, will be in libraries. But is everything so clear?

Isn't this a threat to the future of the library profession?

How does youth volunteering respond to the library's mission to become a "social lift" for young people? And how can and should we motivate today's young people to spend their time and energy on helping librarians and readers for free? After all, to the call “It is necessary, then it must be”, they answer: “Who needs this and to whom do I owe what?”.

And finally, in Russian libraries ah, youth councils consisting of librarians are actively working. And in many foreign countries ah, youth councils also work successfully, but reader's councils. Maybe worth a try?

To avoid discrepancies in the understanding of such a phenomenon as "volunteer activity", we will rely on the wording used in the Fundamentals of the State Youth Policy approved by the order of the Government of the Russian Federation in 2014 Russian Federation until 2025" : “Youth voluntary (volunteer) activity is a voluntary, socially oriented and socially useful activity of young citizens, carried out by performing work, providing services without receiving monetary or material remuneration (except for cases of possible reimbursement of costs associated with the implementation of voluntary (volunteer) activities). One of the important tasks of the state youth policy is to create conditions for the realization of the potential of young people in the socio-economic sphere, as well as the introduction of the “social lift” technology.”

During conversation about volunteering in libraries we will operate at least three types of volunteering which are named as follows:

a) library and information, cultural and educational,

b) unorganized (spontaneous, episodic help to friends, acquaintances) and organized (group),

c) non-formalized and formalized (regulated and documented).

The very concept of “volunteer” appeared in Europe in the 17th century.: so called volunteer soldiers (their reward was glory and prey). It came to Russian soil during the time of Peter I, although preference was given more to the domestic concepts of “volunteer” and “militia”. (The very idea of ​​voluntary charitable assistance is rooted in the communal system, the way of life which dictated the conditions for survival in the form of voluntary, mutual assistance to each other).

What matters to us is that the world organized volunteer movement is rapidly gaining momentum. This is evidenced by the fact that 10 million volunteers are added every decade. To date more than 110 million people participate in various volunteer projects, programs, initiatives. The following statistics are given: 56% of Americans, 34% of Germans, 33% of Irishmen, 19% of Frenchmen joined the volunteer movement. Against this background, Russia is still seriously losing: So far, 1% of the population is engaged in volunteer activities.

The reasons are different. Some forms of organized volunteering have always been in Russia: in pre-revolutionary times in the form of service sisters of mercy, in Soviet times in the form of Subbotniks, Timurov, Pioneer, Komsomol movements, various societies for the protection of nature and monuments, etc. Frankly, many of these works were sometimes called "voluntary-compulsory." Perhaps this partially discredited the idea itself in the eyes of people. And in the 90s, when there was no Komsomol, no pioneers, no other public organizations, she went into decline.

The situation was aggravated by the fact that, unlike many foreign countries, until recently there was no legislative support for volunteer work in the Soviet Union, and then in Russia, in principle. This means that there is no legal possibility to somehow seriously stimulate the work of volunteers. The development of domestic volunteering is also negatively affected by the fact that this activity is not counted as seniority. However, there is hope that this situation will still be resolved in a positive direction (but more on that later).

A sharp surge in the organized youth volunteer movement occurred during the Sochi Winter Olympics. Shortly before that, the State Duma was introduced Draft Federal Law No. 300326-6 “On volunteering (volunteering)”, adequately reflecting world approaches to this problem. However, to this day it has not been adopted, but, nevertheless, everyone is guided and referred to in one way or another.

The very same volunteer movement in the Olympic 2014 received a powerful start. Then the Association of Volunteer Centers was created as a continuation of the Sochi-2014 volunteer program. She became a catalyst for the development of the volunteer movement in Russia. Now there are more than 100 centers in 56 regions of the country and there are more of them every day. The work of the centers is coordinated by committees for youth affairs, universities, structures of the Ministry of Education.

Russian state library for youth actively cooperates with the Association. In particular, in partnership with her, on February 16, 2017, the library hosted the Interdepartmental round table “Youth volunteering in the field of culture: existing and prospective versions”. As part of the round table online, a brilliant practice of interaction with volunteers was demonstrated by Samara Regional Youth Library, on the basis of which the "Volunteer Center" appeared in 2014. His main idea: volunteers are invited not only at the stage of bringing events to life, but also at the stage of developing an idea, when young people themselves offer an interesting format, theme, determine trends and trends .

The Association of Volunteer Centers is very optimistic about the interaction with the country's libraries and invites them to actively work with centers in the field. Here areas of projects implemented by volunteer centers in the regions: event, social, cultural and educational (focused on supporting cultural organizations, including libraries), medical, environmental, silver (older people), corporate (this is when librarians, with the support of their library, act as volunteers in relation to others), inclusive volunteering (involving volunteering for people with disabilities). Libraries, of course, "fit" in one way or another in all areas (except, perhaps, medical).

IN last years many libraries had the opportunity to feel for themselves, what is organized youth volunteering, which was largely fed by ideas produced by foreign volunteer movements.

With the unlimited possibilities of young volunteers, backed up by their strong enthusiasm, the WGSR first encountered in 2011. Then an initiative group of students came to the library with a proposal to hold on its base an unknown at that time in the country the Living Library campaign (launched in Denmark in 2000). According to their plan, meetings of many people with non-standard personalities - “living books” were to take place on the territory of the library during the day. With the help of the Internet, the guys found 40 potential "living books", of which 25 were selected. Fifty volunteers were brought in, among whom were doctors, psychologists; their people kept order and fed the guests "tea and dryers"; the coordinators regulated the flows and took people (more than 500 of them) to the “living books” they liked. The action received a wide and powerful reflection on the network.

Since then, young volunteers, representing certain groups of like-minded people, almost daily offer the library various projects that are attractive to young people, which they are ready to implement on their own.

The RSSL has its own very interesting experience of attracting lone volunteers, which was later supported by other libraries. It's a competition library projects"Factory of Ideas", which was held for two years in a row. In total, young people sent 70 projects: lectures, master classes, trainings, quests. Of these, 12 have been selected for implementation. Some (for example, the lecture hall “Simply Psychology”) have lasted for two years already.

In the last two years, unorganized (spontaneous) youth volunteering, focused on holding certain events, actions, lecture cycles within the walls of the library, has intensified in an extraordinary way. Everyone is eager to fulfill themselves, not demanding any material incentives from the library. It is enough for lecturers that a large number of people come to listen to them. And those who liked the lectures then attend the speeches of these lecturers at commercial venues. This happens quite often, and this is a normal phenomenon - a kind of compensation for voluntary work in the library.

Now finally, a certain constructive (formalized) component appears in the system of encouraging volunteers. At the initiative of the Ministry of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation in 2014, the registration of Russian volunteers began. Volunteer's personal book- This is a document containing information about the work experience of a volunteer, his incentives, additional training. For some commercial firms, these records (as well as letters of recommendation) are already a kind of evidence that the applicant has a certain experience in the relevant field. Currently, the Association of Volunteer Centers is preparing amendments to the legislation that would allow recording of volunteer activities in work book. And then it will definitely be possible to say that volunteering is a form of “social lift” for young people.

Young people today are more, if not predominantly, inclined towards cultural and educational volunteering, associated with the participation and support of certain projects, promotions, festivals, and bright events. They are interested in it. Libraries need their help.

So the Mosvolonter Foundation was created in Moscow, in the base of which there are more than 15 thousand young people. Organizers of festivals and major events apply to the fund for volunteers. In 2016, we also used the services of the foundation, which provided us with 15 volunteers, to hold the Library Night.

But we could manage on our own if we had youth library council which we planned to create 5 years ago. Moreover, the initiative came from a young employee who herself was ready to lead it. We put out announcements, found something to motivate the members of the council, quickly gathered a ten of initiative, held the first meeting ... But then everything stalled and quietly “died”. Because the members of the youth council wanted to participate only in what was fun and interesting for them to do, and the librarians could not, and were not morally ready to “tear off” any areas of work from themselves, to launch “strangers” into their territory. Now the situation has changed dramatically.

What is really worth entrusting to members of the youth council in Russian libraries? Let us dwell on only one - the social - aspect of work. Young people could help bring people with disabilities to library events, escort them to the library, and cater for events that involve them. They can deliver books to those who are not able to visit the library due to old age, physical disabilities, and also because of the need for constant care for a child, a disabled person, an elderly family member. Some of the young people are capable of being a sign language interpreter, while others are able to establish contacts with temporary labor migrants.

I repeat in the Soviet years, there were always volunteers from among active readers in libraries(No wonder they were called the reader's asset). The librarians were assisted by adults, children and their parents, “grown up” child readers, not to mention their own relatives (primarily husbands), for whom work for the needs of the library sometimes became second in volume and importance after the main one.

What volunteers did in our libraries did not differ much from what volunteers did, for example, in US libraries, which I met exactly 20 years ago during a business trip.

The essential difference was the following: if the relations of Soviet and then Russian libraries with volunteers were not formalized in any way, then in American libraries everything was strictly regulated and documented.

Here "Responsibilities of a Volunteer public library Norwich, Vermont.

"Duties: Learn and enforce library policies and participate in library processes. Assist the librarian or assistant librarian in the following activities: accepting and lending books; help readers; arrange books on shelves; Answer to phone calls; arrange index cards under the supervision of a librarian; enter data into the library computer; other activities as needed.

Requirements:Must love working with people. Library experience preferred .

Terms: There are no fees or privileges. Work 25 hours a week with two Saturdays or 5 hours a week with work every fifth Saturday a month. Leave is not paid. Sick leave not paid. The librarian should be notified about the vacation two weeks in advance (the duration of the vacation is up to 2 weeks). Vacation per year cannot exceed 4 weeks. Holidays exceeding 2 weeks are taken by agreement with the librarian 2 months in advance. Vacations are granted first to those who applied earlier. No more than one employee can be on vacation at the same time. When leaving, you need to help find a replacement for yourself. Every four hours of work, you can take a ten-minute break.

Volunteers must be treated with the utmost respect and businesslike manner, instructs the leadership of Vermont librarians. It is necessary to draw up written instructions for the performance of certain functions by them, to provide volunteers with assistance in professional orientation, in training and improving their business skills. Any employee (paid or unpaid) must understand what is expected of him and how he meets these expectations.

What does a volunteer get in return? Librarians need to keep records of volunteer hours and tasks and projects completed for regular reporting to the public in the city or community . In order for volunteers to receive moral satisfaction and feel needed, some libraries arrange an annual gala lunch or picnic for them, others publish data about them in local newspapers or newsletters. In some places, volunteer training courses for certified programs are held.

On the face of it, serious work is being done to motivate volunteers to help the library, on the one hand, and on the other hand, the formalization of the relationship between the library and volunteers, up to the conclusion of an agreement, which, among other things, defines guarantees and incentives.

All volunteers wishing to participate in library life, must have references and complete a biographical questionnaire(including fingerprints). Contracts are signed with them.

This is a process of counter-movement. People, and with a certain level of qualification, should want and be motivated to work in the library for free. And the library must be ready to transfer some of the work that has either been done by librarians (as a result, they can be reduced or transferred to other positions), or to offer new types of work that the library plans, but it does not have enough human resources to perform them.

Major European and American libraries have come to see volunteering as a way to expand their services. It is believed that during the economic crisis and the resulting reduction in staffing, the presence of volunteers helps to solve personnel problem without attracting finance.

Today's practice of working with volunteers in libraries in many foreign countries gives amazing results. In Germany, for example, there are 6,000 municipal and 4,000 church libraries located in countryside. 22% of employees of municipal libraries and 98% of church employees work on a gratuitous basis. This means that almost half of all public libraries in Germany are now run by volunteers.

In the UK, there are only 17 full-time employees in 36 libraries in one of the counties, the rest are volunteers and "friends of the library" groups (See Librarianship Magazine, No. 11, 2011). Not so long ago, a material appeared on the net, the author of which notes with satisfaction that against the backdrop of the closure of several hundred British libraries and the loss of work by almost 10 thousand librarians, there are positive trends: in parallel with a significant reduction in staff, an even more significant increase in library volunteers was noted - with In 2010, their number increased from 16 to 31.5 thousand.

The gradual transition of libraries from state to public funding is also evidenced by the fact that a significant number of them have been transferred from the jurisdiction of local libraries. municipal councils in the management of various types of public organizations.

This trend (skilled work is done by full-time employees, and low-skilled work is done by volunteers) is gradually taking over more and more countries. And how this phenomenon will develop further - time will tell, it is still difficult to predict. Much depends on the functionality of the library and its image in the local community, on the availability of free time for city residents, which they would like to spend on voluntary work in libraries (they made a six-hour working day in Sweden - how much time was freed up for good deeds!), on inclusion citizens in the management of the city, etc. But it is obvious that the replacement of librarians with volunteers and machines (RFID technologies, for example) will only increase further.

Let's sum up all of the above.

It is difficult and pointless to hope that the development of scientific and technological progress, on the one hand, and civil society, on the other, can be resisted by referring to traditions.

Volunteering, including youth, has good prospects . It reflects the general trend of interaction between the public and state organizations in relation to the population, primarily its social categories.

With a serious development of volunteering in the library, the question of a clear distinction functional duties according to the criterion of their complexity and specificity - first between full-time staff, then between full-time staff and volunteers .

In any case, the task of documenting the relationship between the library and the volunteer, a clear designation of requirements, conditions, guarantees, preferences, and motivators for volunteers becomes relevant. This is necessary not only for the library, but also to a greater extent for volunteers, especially young ones.

If volunteers are needed only for a certain time period and in groups, then it is more expedient to conclude an agreement with regional center volunteers.

An alternative to this could be the creation of a youth council in the library. To do this, it is necessary to identify problem areas in library processes that should be entrusted to volunteers. And it would be good not to forget: every good deed should be encouraged.

Volunteer movement in the system

Raising the next generation

in the conditions of OGBOU SPO "Ryazan College of Culture"

Kudinova E.A. - teacher of special

Disciplines OGBOU SPO "RKK",

G. Shatsk, Ryazan region

Annotation: This article discusses the organization of the volunteer movement in the Ryazan College of Culture

Keywords Keywords: volunteering, volunteer, social and cultural activities, students.

“People who are willing to devote time toto become part of history" - that's what volunteers are called.

Volunteering or volunteer activities(from voluntarius - voluntary) is a wide range of activities, including traditional forms of mutual assistance and self-help, official provision of services and other forms of civic participation, which is carried out voluntarily for the benefit of the general public.without any monetary reward. Volunteers, from the point of view of the law of the Russian Federation, are individuals who carry outcharitable activities in the form of gratuitous performance of work, provision of services (voluntary activity).

The student volunteer movement is one of the priority areas of educational work of the Ryazan College of Culture.

The development of student volunteer movement in institutions of secondary vocational education is effective way organization of the educational process of future specialists in the socio-cultural sphere.

In the process of participating in volunteering future workers in the socio-cultural sphere show themselves as tolerant, responsive, humane, responsible, disinterested individuals. This is the main educational effect of volunteer student work.

Volunteers of the College of Culture take an active part in volunteer city, district, regional actions.

So, for example, student volunteers participated in urban social and cultural events: "Our Park", "Spring Labor Landing", "Vote, otherwise you will lose!", Conducted by the local branch of the "Young Guard of United Russia".

In addition, teachers and students of the College of Culture have been going to the children's health camp "Forest Fairy Tale" (Sasovsky district, the village of Cape of Good Hope) for five years, where they give a charity concert for vacationers from boarding schools in the Ryazan region.

Important and significant for the volunteers of the College of Culture is the work of helping the participants of the Great Patriotic War. Every year in educational institution the action "Help a Veteran" is organized. Students provide all possible assistance with household chores. Meetings are also held with war veterans, former employees college - Telyaev L.I., Stikin A.V.

As part of the celebration of the day of the elderly, teachers and students constantly go to the temporary residence department for the elderly (House of Veterans) with concerts.

On the eve of 2013, teachers and students of the college actively showed themselves in the Regional charity event "New Year comes to visit!". With a theatrical game program, they visited the Chuchkovsky social rehabilitation center for minors, the Sasovsky social rehabilitation center, the Potminsky boarding school for mentally retarded children. For the fruitful socio-cultural and creative work of teachers and students, the administration of the College of Culture, represented by the director Lezhenkina L.A., received positive feedback, letters of thanks.

This action has become traditional already at the level of the College of Culture. This is the third time teachers and student volunteers visit social rehabilitation centers with gifts, and not only creative ones. Local entrepreneurs, young mothers M.A. Stepkova and Yu.V. Petrakova are actively involved in this work. On the eve of 2014, the participants in the theatrical performance "New Year's Trouble" were not only teachers and students of the college, but also the children of teachers, sponsors with their children.

In addition, students-volunteers under the guidance of coordinating teachers - Kolosheina A.I., Bulgakova M.I. constantly carry out trips to the "Sasovo Social and Rehabilitation Center for Minors" with animated folklore entertainment and educational programs and game programs: "Oil fun", "Buffoon fun", etc.

It should be noted that Raikovskaya Evgenia, a student of the College of Culture, became a diploma winner for her active volunteer work. regional competition"Marathon of good deeds" (Ryazan) in the nomination "Volunteer of the Year".

Obviously, in the conditions of the Ryazan College of Culture, a lot of work is being done to promote the volunteer movement, both within the city and beyond. But there are a number of weaknesses that will certainly be eliminated in the near future.

In our opinion, it is necessary to create a permanent detachment of volunteers on the basis of the College of Culture under the guidance of a teacher-leader-coordinator. It is also necessary to update the educational and methodological complex, conduct trainings for teachers and students on teamwork, the development of leadership skills, the formation of communication skills, as well as master classes with the participation of representatives of charitable organizations and volunteer movements.

There is no doubt that volunteering is a great professional and life experience! By joining the ranks of volunteers, and working on serious problems, people show their independence, creativity, an original approach to solving socially significant problems, which contributes to successful implementation in life and career advancement. After all, success is one of the factors that can improve relationships between people; it is a process that helps a person to believe in himself and his abilities; helps to avoid mistakes; support in case of failure. This is the basis of the concept of pedagogy for the success of students and teachers of the college of culture who carry out volunteer activities.

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan believes that "at the heart of volunteerism are the ideals of service and solidarity and the belief that together we can make this world a better place" .

By implementing volunteer activities, teachers and students of the Ryazan College of Culture want to make the world a better place and withbecome part of the history of your country!

List of used literature

1. Encyclopedia social work/ edited by E.I. Single. - M., 2003. - 346 p.
2. wikipedia.org
3. http://www.world4u.ru/volunteer.html

UDC 378.183-057.875 Podkhomutnikova Marina Viktorovna

Candidate of Political Sciences, Lecturer at the Department of History and Cultural Studies

Kuban state university dom-hors@mail.ru

DEVELOPING YOUTH VOLUNTEERITY

Podkhomutnikova Marina Viktorovna

PhD in Political Science, Lecturer of the History and Cultural Science Department, Kuban State University dom-hors@mail.ru

DEVELOPMENT OF VOLUNTEERING AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE

Annotation:

The article discusses the role of the volunteer movement in the life of young people. Particular attention is paid to the organization of volunteering in high school as an important component of the process of socialization of student youth, their social activity. The experience of organizing volunteer activities of students at the Kuban State University is analyzed.

Keywords:

youth, volunteer movement, volunteerism, volunteer center.

The article discusses the role of volunteer movement in lives of the young people, in particular, organization of the volunteering in the higher school. The volunteers’ activities are considered to be an important component of the students’ socialization. The author studies experience of volunteer services organization at the Kuban State University, and gives some guidelines for volunteers’ work improvement.

youth, volunteer movement, volunteering, volunteers' center.

One of the most noticeable trends that have emerged in recent years is the growth of volunteering (volunteering). Volunteering (volunteering) is the participation of people regardless of age, race, gender and religion in activities aimed at solving social, cultural, economic, environmental issues in a society that is not connected with the extraction of profit. Youth volunteering is the practical volunteer activity of young people in the substantive solution of social problems, carried out without coercion and having a socializing effect on the subject of activity.

Currently, students play an important role in the development of volunteer volunteering. Volunteer detachments, organizations and movements arise and develop among student youth.

Volunteering as a youth movement in Russia is only gaining momentum in development. In many cities, it plays an important role. The city of Krasnodar is a platform for consolidating the efforts of public organizations, authorities in the development of volunteerism - one of the priority areas for the implementation of state youth policy at the municipal level. According to the order of the department of youth policy of the Krasnodar Territory "On the organization of voluntary (volunteer) activities in the Krasnodar Territory" dated June 1, 2010 No. 183 in many higher educational institutions Kuban volunteer centers were opened. The main objectives of these centers are: to provide young people with the opportunity to express themselves and realize their potential; formation of the public value of volunteering (volunteering) and positive public opinion regarding the participation of young citizens in voluntary (volunteer) activities; development of a system of information, consulting and educational support for volunteering.

On May 14, 2011, the Volunteer Center of KubSU officially began its work at the Kuban State University (KubSU). For the Olympic Games in Sochi, the KubSU Volunteer Center is to prepare and train 2,850 volunteers. The Volunteer Center united 25 volunteer teams from various faculties of the university. According to the Center, over the past three years, more than 4,500 students, teachers and employees of KubSU have taken part in 32 social events.

The mission of the KubSU Volunteer Center is to promote volunteering, motivate and involve young people in voluntary work to promote Olympic values, in the name of the common good and increase the social capital of Russia, and the formation of its attractive image in the world community. Teachers, lawyers, public relations specialists, narcologists, youth workers, workers work with student volunteers at KubSU. scientific library and others. The purpose of this work is to gain experience in volunteer work and then work independently in the youth environment.

The tradition of volunteering is strong at Kuban State University. Back in 1999, on the basis of an anonymous narcological cabinet, the Interuniversity Volunteer Organization of Krasnodar was created. The potential of volunteers working under the guidance of narcologists is used to prevent drug addiction among young people. The task of student volunteers is to motivate young people to solve their problems on their own without using drugs.

Volunteers do a lot of work among students, students of schools in the suburbs of Krasnodar: they take part in volunteer surveys, talk about the consequences of taking drugs, alcohol, smoking, hold round tables, trainings “How to say no to drugs!”, master classes, business games, aimed at strengthening personal resources. Before the survey with students, schoolchildren, volunteers conduct conversations about the goals of the survey and the importance of filling out the questionnaires correctly. After carrying out monitoring studies, analyzing the situation, planning and organization of preventive measures are carried out, approbation of the model of volunteer movement in a problematic environment, preparation and release guidelines and other anti-drug literature.

Volunteer students of KubSU have repeatedly participated in television and radio programs, published articles in newspapers and magazines of the regional and municipal levels. The guys took part in the implementation of the project of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation "From Heart to Heart" (Rostov-on-Don). The goal of the project is to create conditions for the effective involvement of young people in solving social problems and the exchange of experience among representatives of the Southern Federal District. This project took place in three stages, after its completion, the volunteers received certificates and volunteer books. The work of KubSU volunteers was marked by numerous certificates, thanks, valuable gifts from the administration of the city, the Karasun district, directors of schools in Krasnodar.

In 2002, a student pedagogical group "Leader" appeared at KubSU on a voluntary basis - a public association of students of various specialties and courses who voluntarily expressed a desire to participate in creative, socially significant activities in their free time from studies. The following year, the volunteer movement "Mercy" is created in the structure of the pedagogical detachment, for which the motto of life has become the words: "Hurry to do good, if you have time - you are lucky!". You can find out about the activities of this detachment on the website of the Kuban State University, where materials on volunteer actions are published. Within the framework of the Governor's charity program “Flower-Semitsvetik. Let's help children together

Every year KubSU holds volunteer campaigns to collect Money, as well as exhibitions and sales of children's crafts.

The guys who came at the call of their hearts do not stop there, they are looking for new forms of work with their peers to expand the volunteer movement. To date, there are more than 150 volunteers in KubSU who have received personal books of volunteers.

Volunteer (volunteer) movement in KubSU is a complex, dynamic, developing process. Despite the successes in the field of volunteerism, it is necessary to mention the shortcomings. For example, of the total number of volunteer teams created at the faculties, only a few are actively working, among them the volunteer team of the Faculty of Chemistry and High Technologies "Prima materia", the pedagogical team "Mercy" of the Faculty of Pedagogy, Psychology and Communications and the volunteer team "Watercolor" of the Faculty of Journalism.

Among the motives of voluntary (volunteer) activity, one can single out social motives (high demands on oneself, colleagues, the results of one's work, a sense of responsibility, duty, patriotism, compassion, etc.), cognitive motives, pragmatic motives, passion outward signs motives of imitation.

The main motives for volunteering are:

The realization of personal potential, the manifestation of one's abilities and capabilities, the realization of human destiny. These are the leading motives for human participation in socially significant activities. An important role in maintaining this motivation belongs to a person's awareness of his own inner potential, the definition of a personal mission, and the choice of a life path.

Public acceptance, feeling social significance. It is important for a person to receive positive reinforcement of his activities from significant others, to establish himself in his own eyes, to feel his involvement in a generally useful cause. The basis of this motivation is a person's need for high self-esteem and appreciation from others. Such an assessment plays an important role in a person's choice of goals and objectives of his own activity, the direction of personal growth.

Self-expression and self-determination. Opportunity to express yourself life position find their place in the system of social relations. The need of a person to realize his own individuality, the uniqueness of his inner world and the desire to fulfill a role in society, according to his individuality, is the basis of the motivation for self-expression and self-determination.

professional orientation. Volunteering allows a person, especially a young person, to better navigate various types of professional activity, get a real idea about the intended profession or choose the direction of vocational training.

Acquisition of useful social and practical skills. Voluntary (volunteer) activity allows you to acquire useful skills that are not directly related to a person’s professional choice, but are important for life. These include the acquisition of computer skills, various types technology, building skills, experience of interpersonal interaction. The need for active and social development of the surrounding world, for the use of all the opportunities provided to man by society is one of the urgent needs of modern man.

The possibility of communication, friendly interaction with like-minded people. Volunteering allows you to acquire like-minded people, find a social circle that is meaningful to you, and get support in friendly interaction. One of the

binary human needs- the need to be accepted and involved in personally significant social relationships.

Volunteering gives a young person the opportunity to express himself in various models of interaction, to acquire the skills necessary in later life for responsible leadership and performing activities. The need to gain experience in responsible interaction is a conscious social need.

1. On the organization of volunteer (volunteer) activities in the Krasnodar Territory: Order of the Department of Youth Policy of the Krasnodar Territory dated June 1, 2010 No. 183 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://rabotakuban.info/files/prikaz2010.doc (date of access: 4.12.2012).

2. Student pedagogical team "Leader". URL: http://kubsu.ru/Studlife/trudotr/leader (accessed:

References (transliterated):

1. Ob organizatsii dobrovol "cheskoy (volonterskoy) deyatel" nosti v Krasnodarsk krae: prikaz departamenta mo-lodezhnoy politiki Krasnodarskogo kraya ot 1 June 2010 No. 183 . URL: http://rabotakuban.info/files/prikaz2010.doc (date of access: 4.12.2012).

This world could be a little kinder. Believe!

Every day and every hour everything depends on us.

A ray of sunshine and children's laughter, happiness is enough for everyone!

(Hymn of the Volunteers)

Volunteer is a new term, but not a new phenomenon in the public life of our country. A synonym for the word "volunteer" is the word "volunteer". Modern development The volunteer movement has received in connection with the growing number of social problems, in the solution of which volunteers are indispensable. At the heart of the volunteer movement is the age-old principle “If you want to feel like a person, help someone else”.

In April 2014, a volunteer group "Smile" was created at the gymnasium No. 1. The guys got their first experience at the MOU DOOTs named after. A. Matrosova during the summer environmental shift. There our name and motto was born: “To live without a smile is just a mistake, smiles everywhere - goodness everywhere!” Fascinating events and new friends will always be remembered, and a charity concert in the Tunoshna boarding house determined one of the main areas of volunteer activity - helping veterans. For the second year, volunteers organize the Gift to a Veteran campaign and go to the boarding house with charity concerts. They want to give warmth and care to every resident of the boarding house.

To support the families of high school students who find themselves in a difficult life situation, volunteers hold the campaign “Alien life is no longer a trifle!”, autumn and winter charity fairs. What is there just not there: gifts of summer, crafts, Christmas tree decorations, pastries! If you want, then listen to a song or participate in a win-win lottery. Children's fantasy, inspired by the idea of ​​goodness, knows no bounds.

The animal shelter "Vita" is also under the care of volunteers. The guys collect food, medicines needed by animals, care products. It turns out so much that parents can only take it away in the trunks of cars. All children want to caress a four-legged friend, take a walk with him, and three dogs have already found new owners and have become pets of high school students.

In the year of the 70th anniversary of the Victory, the volunteers of the “Smile” detachment took part in the “Volunteer of Victory” action. Voluntary donations made by the parents of the gymnasium students and residents of the former village of Smolenskoye made it possible to update the monument on the grave of anti-aircraft gunners who guarded during the war railroad bridge through the Volga. Unfortunately, the search work has not yet yielded results, and the monument has remained nameless.

For the museum of the gymnasium, students and teachers created a Book of Memory, including forty-five stories in prose and verse about the children of the war, defenders of the Motherland, home front workers who brought us Victory. The memory of them was kept in the families of the children, and now it has become the property of all high school students, and will be passed on from generation to generation.

This year, volunteers participated in a series of training seminars held by the City Center for Extracurricular Activities, the “Give Good!” campaign, danced a flash mob at the “Spring Week of Kindness”, defended projects at the competition for the 5th anniversary charitable organization Greendog. And how many more plans that are sure to come true!