The mechanisms for programme implementation include: ‘Helping is Easy’ portal (http://pomogat-prosto. ru), an open site that brings together people who are willing to provide assistance as volunteers and for the non-profit organisations that need it; charitable and fund-raising events initiated by the CSP in the cities of operation; annual New Year charity marathon, ‘Believe in miracle, create a miracle’, a series of charitable events for volunteers with socially vulnerable audience, as well as a federal fundraiser for New Year gifts for children from socially vulnerable families and orphanages; School of Volunteers – training courses, master classes and workshops on volunteering; grants competition ‘Green Wave’  with engagement of active citizens in the greening and landscaping of the towns; grants competition of volunteer projects ‘Helping is Easy’, to identify and support social initiatives of citizens, companies and initiative teams; participation in the National Council for Corporate Volunteering (http://www.nccv.ru), a public venue that brings together organisations and companies that have been set up to proliferate the best practices of corporate volunteering in Russia, promote volunteering ideas, develop standards and methodical tools for volunteer programmes.