60+ Action has been campaigning and advocating on issues of importance to older people since 2000. It is organised on group lines, providing opportunities for older people in disadvantaged areas to meet regularly in their own neighbourhoods and address issues that affect their lives. Most of the members are aged over 75, with many over 80. The groups are extremely popular, with high attendance and lively member participation, facilitated by a community group worker. At each session, managers and researchers from all the major service providers attend to consult group members about their experiences of using services and ways in which they could be improved. The groups are a lifeline for many older residents who attend regularly, whatever the weather or their state of health. They provide opportunities for socialising, but more importantly, they offer stimulating and relevant content, and a voice, to people whose opinions are often disregarded. “At one time eleven 60+ Action groups were operating in the City, but due to funding restrictions these have now dwindled to four well-attended groups. We frequently receive requests to revive the discontinued groups, and to establish new groups in areas of high need, but haven’t the staff to do so. As the service providers are under some pressure to meet their own targets for consulting marginalised groups, we anticipate that if we can find temporary funding to expand the number of groups, service managers are likely to respond with increased funding in future years. We have begun to monitor the outcomes of consultations to ensure that the views of group members do actually have an impact on improving services. Current running costs are around £10,000 per year. A further £10,000 would more than double the number of groups, optimally to 10, and the current membership to around 300.