Dobrovolnictví v sociálních službách v evropském kontextu a ČR
Volunteering in Social Services in European Context and the Czech Republic

Summary/Abstract: The goal of this article is to show the basic interpretation of applicable legislation providing volunteer services, to define the concept of volunteerism, document an overview of various forms of volunteerism focusing on social services. The analysis of volunteerism and participation of persons 50+ in volunteer activities in the Czech Republic from 2015 formulates volunteering from the perspective of Czech population older than 50, when the SHARE research study takes into account the issue of ageing population in Europe which aims to create a pan-European data set involving 50-year-old persons and their families. The output of the SHARE study is to analyze in two-year intervals (in 2015 the 5th collection of data in a sample of 20 European countries was finished) the topics of education, demographic development, physical and mental health, health care, social support, activities and quality of life, social security, partnership assistance and housing support, but also the expectations of the development and potential of progress of democratic society in social integration, in accordance with trends and prospects for future.

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