Accompaniment of volunteers is an integral, basic, and at the same time difficult (having many components) task for any volunteer organization. It requires an integrated approach and solution and cannot be carried out on a case-by-case basis.

The support system is highly dependent on the model of the volunteer organization, since it is part of the internal logic of volunteering and cannot be built into anywhere as a separate independent unit.

What is volunteer escort?

In essence, support is sharing responsibility with the volunteer for the good deed that the volunteer and the volunteer organization do together. The resource of a volunteer is always limited. This is especially felt in the social sphere, when someone else’s pain, suffering, loneliness, hopelessness can simply swallow a volunteer, sometimes even deprive him of his goodwill. A volunteer cannot and should not take full responsibility for his volunteering, for the service that the volunteer organization does. It is the organization that should become a “big brother”, which leads the volunteer, what holds his hand, which together with the volunteer does a good deed. In this case, the volunteer has solid ground under his feet, he feels his real strength and support from the organization and becomes capable of responsible and effective and at the same time non-traumatic and even meaningful and useful volunteering for himself.

To put it simply, escorting volunteers means being around. These are answers to questions and requests arising from volunteers and solutions to their problems.