Building community resilience through youth volunteering: towards a new model

Nursey‐Bray, Melissa; Masud-All-Kamal, Md.; Giacomo, Mirco di; Millcock, Simon

doi:10.1080/21681376.2022.2067004

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“…Волонтерская активность по-разному встроена в повседневную жизнь людей, она динамична по своей природе. В молодежной среде она может реализовываться в двух формах: эпизодическом участии в мероприятиях или в регулярном групповом взаимодействии, в том числе через общественную работу или активность в различных организациях и ассоциациях [17]. В процессе обучения намерения студентов в отношении волонтерства трансформируются.…”

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Students’ Non-Participation in Volunteer Activities, or How to Effectively Organize Volunteering Education in Russian Universities

Pevnaya,

Tarasova,

Telepaeva

2023

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The authors’ purpose is to identify possible problematic grounds for students’ involvement in volunteer activities and to propose solutions for university management that contribute to overcoming non-participation among students. The article is based on theoretical ideas about the role of volunteering for young people, on theories describing the phenomenon of non-volunteering and its possible causes, as well as on the concepts of volunteering management in higher education. The empirical base of the research is 740 students’ poll data (all levels and years of study being included the sampling) and 12 focus group interviews taken in 2022. The results reflect the students’ volunteer activity dynamics during their studies at the university and show that the key factor determining the orientation to volunteer participation in the future is the self-identification of a student as a volunteer. We have identified three reasons for strategies to justify volunteer non-participation: utilitarian attitude to life; disappointment with the volunteer work organization that does not meet young people’s expectations; infantilism as a philosophy of being inactive. It is concluded that by increasing students’ awareness of opportunities to participate in volunteer activities and specific organizations implementing volunteer projects, the university can contribute to the growth of volunteerism among young people in the future. Using the example of educational course, the authors show how possible barriers can be overcome by teaching students the basics of volunteerism. The results of the study and the described educational experience will be interesting to researchers and can also be useful for all Russian universities in connection with the current tasks of youth policy.

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Section: теоретические идеи о волонтерской деятельности студенчества ...unclassified

Students’ Non-Participation in Volunteer Activities, or How to Effectively Organize Volunteering Education in Russian Universities

Pevnaya,

Tarasova,

Telepaeva

2023

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“…Typically, young people have a preference for informal modes of engagement. Nursey-Bray et al [45] found that increased governance and formalisation, for example, requirements to keep timesheets, to draft plans and other elated 'red tape' acts to discourage youth from volunteering. Rather, such formalised and professionalised approaches were more likely to appeal to middle-aged and older volunteers.…”

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Youth Volunteering: New Norms for Policy and Practice

Shaw¹,

Dolan²

2022

Social Activism - New Challenges in a (Dis)connected World

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Young people engaging in volunteering are encountering some of the greatest, unanticipated challenges facing society in decades including the impact of Covid-19, the rise in extreme poverty and an increase in the number of migrants and displaced persons globally. Youth volunteering is understood as embracing a wide range of civic and societal objectives. It acts to encourage young people to become active citizens and agents of positive change for communities. It has a role in providing developmental opportunities to young people including pathways to education, training and work. While some characterisations of volunteering highlight benefits it accords at the individual level, increasingly, policy responses are focusing on the ‘other-oriented’ elements that contribute to an inclusive, committed and tolerant society. This paper examines the potential role of volunteering in fostering a culture of citizenship, democracy and social cohesion among youth, in particular, an emerging focus on empathy and global consciousness as key elements of policy and practice.

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“…M. Nursey-Bray с соавт. акцентируют внимание на то, что свой вклад в расширение волонтерства вносят не только клубы, ассоциации и организации, но и событийная повестка, которую они инициируют в местных сообществах [10].…”

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“…Наши выводы подтверждают заключения M. Nursey-Bray с соавт. о важности городской инфраструктуры для организованного волонтерского участия [10].…”

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Volunteering of students: Social meaning and basis of motivated refusal

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Introduction. The relevance of the study is associated with the need for scientific understanding of youth volunteering, deepening ideas about its educational potential, which is realised in the education system. In the context of international and national studies, it is important to evaluate the volunteer participation of the younger generation, its social effects on society. The social effectiveness of volunteering is a necessary condition, the result of educational activities organised in the educational environment. The study meets the practical request to determine the conditions for changing the qualitative characteristics of students volunteering with an active agenda of state assistance to the pro-social activity of the youth in the Russian Federation. Understanding the motivation, intentions and real opportunities for volunteer participation of high school students and students is important for improving the effectiveness of solving the task of increasing the social activity of young people, defined in the framework of the state youth policy.Aim. The article aimed to concretise the social significance of the volunteer participation of high school students and students and to determine the conditions for overcoming the motivated refusal of youth volunteering in the educational environment in order to increase the effectiveness of its organisation.Methodology and research methods. The methodological basis of the article is a set of theoretical ideas about the formation of social solidarity and stimulation of pro-social behaviour of young people. The theory of social participation has received a certain development in the article. The article is based on the materials of the authors’ research projects implemented in 2017–2020 in the Sverdlovsk region. Having used the questionnaire method, the authors analysed the data of a mass survey of young people in the Sverdlovsk region from 14 to 24 years old from 81 settlements of the region. A representative sample consisted of 1105 people, the error is no more than 3,5%. The sample was based on four quotas: gender, age, the main type of employment (school, college, and university) and type of city by population.Results and scientific novelty. The study showed that while maintaining a large number of students with experience in volunteering, the number of those, who consciously refuse or doubt that they will be engaged in volunteering in their future, increases. In recent years, the number of those, who have gained volunteering experience through initiatives in educational institutions, has increased significantly. The involvement of young Uralians in social projects has decreased. The study proves that the voluntary activity of young people is a necessary condition for the accumulation of social capital in territorial communities. The involvement of schoolchildren and students in youth organisations, in socio-cultural urban life is an important and necessary condition for effective volunteer participation of young people. It was revealed that volunteer experience is directly related to student interest in public life. It is proved that high school students and students with volunteer experience and intentions to continue it are more likely to be involved in the social and political life of their city or village than those who do not have such experience.Practical significance. In schools, colleges and universities, there is an important task of organising not only the educational process, but also educational activities. When requesting mass youth participation and the typicality of socially significant events, it is important to understand the conditions when the qualitative characteristics of volunteering by young citizens as members of the local community are being developed.

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Building community resilience through youth volunteering: towards a new model

Cited by 5 publications

References 59 publications

Students’ Non-Participation in Volunteer Activities, or How to Effectively Organize Volunteering Education in Russian Universities

Students’ Non-Participation in Volunteer Activities, or How to Effectively Organize Volunteering Education in Russian Universities

Youth Volunteering: New Norms for Policy and Practice

Volunteering of students: Social meaning and basis of motivated refusal

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