Volume 6. Issue 2. 2026.
Editorial Preface
The focus of the second issue of the sixth volume of the online journal Volunteering Review is on the role, forms and methods of mentoring in the operation of civil-nonprofit organizations. We believe that mentoring is playing an increasingly significant role from a volunteer management perspective, and we wanted to contribute to documenting and developing this situation in Hungary. The first of the theoretical studies—based on a review of the international literature—examines the connections between mentoring and volunteering. The second theoretical study introduces a new perspective based on an examination of higher education students who engage in volunteering. The topic of a future-oriented work ethic—generally in terms of volunteer management and specifically in terms of mentoring—may have important implications for organizations that employ volunteers as well. The case studies examining the practical and methodological implementation, forms, and role of mentoring within the operations of civil society and nonprofit organizations that employ volunteers are highly diverse. We can read examples of its forms as implemented in the fields of community culture and youth volunteering, as well as in the operations of humanitarian and educational civil society and nonprofit organizations. In the review section, you can read a study on mentoring, a review of a recently published book, and a conference report.
Mentoring and volunteering – The visible and invisible paths of growth
Irén Godó – Katalin Godo – Dávid Weisz
"In our analysis, we examine the role that mentoring can play in various types of volunteering, particularly in the context of formal, informal, and community-based volunteer activities."
Volunteering and future-conscious work ethic among university students. Results of a quantitative study conducted in Central and Eastern Europe
Hajnalka Fényes – Gabriella Pusztai
"Our research seeks to answer whether students with volunteer experience have a higher future-conscious work ethic, and what motivations for volunteering are related to this construct."
Monitoring in practice: The First Aid Service of the Hungarian Red Cross in the Lake Balaton
Dóra Ipolyi – András Molnár
"Mentoring does not appear as a separate, formal program element, but rather weaves itself into everyday operations on multiple levels – from pair assignments to evening group sessions – and plays a key role in the transfer of tacit knowledge, the creation of psychological safety, and organizational socialization."
Suliplussz – good practice of youth mentoring with the cooperation KÖZ-Pont Youth Association
Gergely Tibor Galambvári – János Bálega
"By presenting the process and results, our goal is also to draw attention to the need and importance of mentoring in general and to show professional ideas and opportunities for youth work with disadvantaged young people and other organizations dealing with mentoring."
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The role of volunteer mentoring in supporting project-based learning – a case study of a high school student project competition
Éva Magócs – Rita Kálmánchey – Lajos Pálvölgyi
"The case study highlights that mentoring plays a key role in improving the quality of projects, especially in the areas of planning, documentation and presentation. However, challenges include student overload, lack of time, underutilization of opportunities and difficulty in maintaining contact."
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Synergies of community cultural mentoring and community activity in the professional activities of the "KözösÉrték" Association
Anita Bodor – Csaba Szabó – Katalin Józsa – László Angyal – Amália Neveda
"The central thesis of the paper is that volunteering in public education can be interpreted as a kind of "third pillar", which, at the intersection of initiative and action, can become a sustainable resource for community development with structured mentoring."
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From cultural integration to mental support – The evolution of ESC mentoring at "Egyesek" Youth Association
Szilvia Szimcsera – Tamás Komáromi
"The aim of the case study is to present the development path of the mentoring practice of the Egyesek Youth Association and the dilemmas it is currently facing. The focus of the analysis is on the change in the role of mentoring and its organizational embeddedness."
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