CHARITY AND VOLUNTEERING IN SAMARA REGION
The article deals with the specifics of charity, development charities in the Samara region, problems and prospects of development of the volunteer movement in the region. Performed a secondary analysis of research in the aspect of volunteering in Togliatti. Difficult situations in one form or another was accompanied by a person from the moment of the emergence and development of human society. In the Russian tradition of charity and truly entrenched in the Russian character traits and, of course, reflected in the specifics of social work. Charitable activities in the social sphere is equal to social work or activities of organizations representing the «third sector». Modern philanthropy is characterized by three well-defined areas: public charity, a personal initiative of businesses and public charity. Study of the current state of implementation practices of charity enables us to state the trend of increasing number of private philanthropists, volunteers, the number of allocated grants and competitions held across the country. Actively developing Volunteerism Togliatti, which was created to attract young people to the solution of socially important problems of the city, the development of a sense of responsibility, implementation of youth initiatives and build a system of cooperation between the city of volunteers and those who are in need of help of volunteers.