VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT THROUGH THE EYES OF STUDENTS-DEFECTOLOGISTS
The article highlights the main aspects of the development of volunteer activities in the modern and historical terms and considers the legislative acts regulating the activities of volunteers and volunteer organizations. The article presents the results of a study summarizing the experience of volunteers at the FSBI “Federal Brain and Neurotechnologies Centre” of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency of Russia during the re - profiling of the Center into an infectious diseases hospital for the treatment of patients with the new coronavirus infection COVID-19 and at the present time. The aim of the study is to analyze volunteer activities at the Federal Brain and Neurotechnologies Centre and assess the prospects for volunteer movement. The study was carried out in three stages, including interviews with the director of the Center, conducting a survey of volunteers with further quantitative and qualitative analysis of the responses received, and formulating the prospects for improving the volunteer movement. The answers of 23 respondents of different ages and professional statuses were analyzed. As a result of the study, data were provided on the involvement of various categories of people in volunteering, personal characteristics of the respondents were given, and the main directions of the development of volunteering at the Center were revealed. The information obtained can be used by volunteer headquarters of medical, social, and educational institutions, as well as to determine ways of active involvement of university students in the volunteer movement.