Volume 13 (2025), Edition 1

„The request for the introduction of a compulsory service seems underdeveloped and primarily aimed at compensating a lack of resources in public services. Voluntariness, as an integral part of the basic and generally accepted definition of civic...

The Church and Diakonie are strongly committed to voluntary services. They thus make an active contribution to a culture of the social. The commandment of charity presupposes responsibility for others and the world. Faith and action form a unity in...

The article is based on the experience of monitoring the Swiss project „engagement lokal“ and deals with the challenges of and strategies for supporting local volunteer work (LVW) in small and medium-sized cities and municipalities. The project...