Volunteering of Young People between the age of 20 to 24 - Experiences, perception and the Role of Family and Peers in Volunteering

Volunteering is a really actual issue in abroad and in the Czech republic, too. It is a necessary part of good working civic society. Activities connected with volunteering is desirable to support and pay attention to them. This thesis handles the topic of young people in the age between 20 and 24 and volunteering. It tries to explore the role of family and peers in young peoples' volunteering. Its aim is to describe the perception of volunteering and the importance/sens for young volunteers. Is there a difference between the welfare and mutual field of voluteering? Also it handles the experiences and reasons for choices of type of concrete volunteering activity. There has been a qualitative research conducted within this thesis. The method of focus group and document analysis were used for it