“If you really want something then your work has no price” :Volunteering from the perspective of youth

U ovom završnom radu iznose se rezultati kvalitativnog istraživanja mladih volonterki, koje se sastojalo od pet polustrukturiranih intervjua. S obzirom na to da je volontiranje djelatnost koja postaje sve važnijom u međunarodnom kontekstu, a dosad je u hrvatskom društvu slabije zastupljena i nedovoljno istraživački obrađena, cilj istraživanja bio je opisati iskustva volontera u Hrvatskoj, njihovu motivaciju za volontiranje i poteškoće na koje su naišli u provedbi i promicanju takve djelatnosti. Svrha istraživanja bila je steći uvid u iskustva mladih u Hrvatskoj koji se bave volontiranjem, kako bi se mogle planirati buduće akcije na razvoju boljeg volonterskog sustava. Analiza građe prikupljene intervjuima pokazala je da se iskustva sugovornica uglavnom preklapaju te da one imaju slična razmišljanja o pozitivnim i negativnim aspektima volontiranja. Njihov osobni volonterski put povezan je s intrinzičnom motivacijom i podrškom obitelji i prijatelja. U pogledu širenja informiranja o volontiranju i podrške za ulazak u tu djelatnost osjeća se nedostatak proaktivnih mjera na državnoj razini.This B. A. thesis presents the results of a qualitative research of young volunteers, which consisted of five semi-structured interviews. Since volunteering is an activity which gains importance in the international context, and has so far been less present and insufficiently researched in Croatian society, the goal of the research was to describe experiencees of volunteers in Croatia, their motivation for volunteering and difficulties they have encountered in implementing and promoting such activity. The aim of the research was to gain insight into the experiences of young who practice volunteering in Croatia, so that future actions could be planned to develop a better system of volunteering. The analysis of the material gathered through interviews has shown that the experiences of the interviewees mostly overlap and that they have similar thoughts on the positive and negative aspects of volunteering. Their personal volunteering trajectories are connected with intrinsic motivation and support of family and friends. Regarding dissemination of information on volunteering and support to enter that activity a lack of proactive measures at the state level is felt