Gorlova N.I.
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Moscow

Starovoytova L.I.
N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow

Troska Z.A.
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Moscow

Objective of the study: To conduct a comprehensive analysis of domestic and foreign volunteer programs for international sporting events involving people with disabilities.

Methods and structure of the study: A theoretical analysis of scientific and methodological literature on the topic under study was conducted. The use of a set of theoretical methods allowed the authors to comprehensively consider the problem of including people with disabilities in the sphere of sports volunteering. The use of systematization and comparative analysis methods allowed us to determine the key approaches of organizers of sports events in the implementation of inclusive volunteer programs with the participation of people with disabilities.

Results and conclusions: Currently, the sphere of physical culture and sports is considered as one of the priority topics of the social agenda of the volunteer movement and accumulation of volunteer labor. The article contains an overview of volunteer programs of organizing committees of international mass sports events to attract volunteers with disabilities and organize work with them. The results of a study by domestic and foreign authors on the assessment of the inclusion of people with disabilities in volunteer activities in the field of physical culture and sports are presented. A list of recommendations for expanding the practices of participation of people with disabilities in domestic sports volunteering has been developed.

Keywords: Volunteers, volunteer program, people with disabilities, inclusion, sports events.

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