The knowledge and skills that volunteers gain in the project Lata

HANZALOVÁ, L. The knowledge and skills that volunteers gain in the project Lata. Prague: Charles University, Faculty of Arts, 2017, 89 s. Diploma thesis. The diploma thesis with mentoring program called "Ve dvou se to lépe táhne" which is provided by the Prague non-profit organization Lata. The theoretical part describes the areas of volunteering, mentoring programs and key competencies of a man, so called "soft skills". The crucial part focuses on Lata, her mentoring program and the status of volunteers in the organization. The practical part of the thesis examines the influence of the volunteer program on the career of a volunteer. The data necessary for the research were collected through several techniques such as questionnaire survey, semi-structured interviews and data content analysis. Key reasearch information was obtained through the interviews which were subsequently evaluated by the method of anchored theory. In the final part of the research, the results were synthesized and research questions and thesis goals were answered. Keywords volunteer, volunteering, mentoring program, Lata, soft skill