Characteristics of the volunteer movement as sociocultural phenomenon
Recently the volunteer movement has become an integral part of organization and staging of the big international sports events. Development of the volunteer movement in the sphere of physical culture and sports requires the science-based technologies of training of those who are willing and ready for effective volunteerism. Revealing of the essence of the volunteer movement is among the first steps to solve this problem scientifically relevant in the socio-practical aspect. This is the goal of our research. The article contains the substantiation of the socio-practical and scientific relevance of the theoretical concept “volunteer movement”, specification of its dominant features, systematization of types of volunteerism in view of various grounds, along with their qualitative characteristics.