Agencja Usług Lingwistycznych LOGMAR is a family-owned private language school which has been teaching foreign languages since 1991. At present we have about 450 students and we provide instruction in English, German, Spanish, Italian and Russian for adults , teenagers and children. Our particular focus is on adult and intergenerational education. We are an ESOL Cambridge preparation centre offering language instruction at all CEFR levels. We organise in-service teacher training courses, Business English corporate courses and open courses for the town citizens.
Owners of the school work as volunteers with local NGOs for the benefit of European integration. For the last 10 years we have been coordinating cooperation with European twin towns of our town acting both as hosting and sending organization. We believe that what ordinary citizens can do for European integration on the level of local and regional organizations is just as important as what politicians do on the level of European Parliament. Personal bonds, friendships, knowledge people develop about one another help to fight xenophobia and racism. In 2010 on behalf of an NGO association we volunteer for, we have been coordinating Grundtvig Workshops entitled "Proud of Our Heritage". One of our aims is to develop active citizenship and to motivate adults to volunteer for the sake of their local community.
Since participation in the LLP projects was not possible for non-legal bodies (National Agency formal criteria), in 2011 owners of the school founded a limited liability company ProEdu, Edukacja i Kultura, Sp. z o.o. which allowed us to fully participate in actions of the Grundtvig programme. Since then we have implemented a number of actions also cooperating with our town NGOs: the Third Age University and the Association for International Cooperation RYBNIK-EUROPA. Currently, withing ProEdu company we are organizing a Grundtvig Workshop entitled "Variety is the Spice of Life. Holistic Approach to Seniors' Well-being", a Senior Volunteering Project and a Grundtvig Partnership project "Music Maestro". So, although LOGMAR as an organisation has no LLP history , ( see C.2.5. ) as owners of the school and the school staff have considerable experience in various types of Grundtvig actions within ProEdu, Edukacja i Kultura, Sp. z o.o. Nevertheless, we have decided to participate in this project as a language school which has more language teaching experience and larger spectrum of learners.