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The aim of the article is to present a fragment of social world, good practice, where potential of seniors is/might be used and appreciated. The article is divided into two parts – theoretical and practical ones. The first part consists of theoretical discussion about potential of seniors in the context of lifelong learning (LLL), the map of seniors’ potential and the analysis of University of the Third Age as the example of using the potential of seniors. The other part presents a small local community named Wlodowice, and St. Wojciech Primary School as the main „social actor” of that community in the context of the project. The project is about to involve seniors into activities and development of educational institution.