VOLUNTARY WORK IN POLAND

Looking for an official definition of voluntary work

• Law regulations• Definition by the Volunteer Centres network• Definition by the Klon/Jawor Association

The history of voluntary work in Poland

• First volunteering – Christian roots of charitable and philanthropic organisations

• Between the wars: development• After the World War II• 1990s• Current situation

The field and areas of voluntary work

• Kinds of institutions most often supported by volunteers

• Examples of big assiociations – WOŚP, OSP, GOPR, WOPR

• Other examples

Statistics and data

• Trends in recent years• Short-lived and one-time actions• Who are the volunteers?

Motivations

• Motivation by religious, moral, and political views vs more pragmatic approach towards volunteering.

• Different inspiration for volunteering in different age groups

• Reasons of not taking part in voluntary work

Gender patterns

• Equal levels of involvement of women and men• Differences between male and female

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