Ageing Well Torbay began a large scale participation project called ‘Food for Thought’ at 20 locations across Torquay to find out what older people thought was and wasn’t working.  Over 400 people took part by giving their feedback in person, by web survey, or through freepost postcards.  There were many common themes identified during events, including transport, having places to go, the environment and being able to meet others.  3 key themes emerged from the results; 1) increasing the range of affordable activities available, 2) increasing the opportunities for people to benefit from the skills of older people and 3) to create better access to affordable technology for information, as well as increased opportunities between generations to connect with one another.The Innovation Fund was launched to meet these objectives and  a panel of older people were trained to decide which project applications would be successful. This resulted in 8 new partners joining Ageing Well Torbay.