Leisure time activities designed for socially vulnerable youth during summer holiday

The thesis deals with the education of youth in leisure time. It focuses on organised leisure events during the summer holidays for at-risk or socially vulnerable youth. The rationale is that meaningful and enriching leisure activities can effectively contribute to this section of youth to deliver stimuli in optimal composition and quantity, helping to socially integrate into the wider community and to build interpersonal relationships. The main aim of this paper is to present a theoretical and practical perspective on this issue. The thesis focuses on actions helping vulnerable or socially disadvantaged youth during the summer holidays. Based on theoretical knowledge in the field of pedagogical influence of leisure, social work and pedagogical research, qualitative research is conducted in the practical part. The main methods of data collection in the research were questionnaires, interviews and self- observation. The aim of the research was to find out the main differences between the approaches of two types of organizations to organizing summer camps for at-risk or socially disadvantaged youth. The organisations selected were those involved in leisure education and those focusing on social work. The sub-objective of the research was to identify the beneficial and positive aspects in the..