# 5.2.3 Reduce the divide between services and advocacy.

The false divide that dictates that people are either changing themselves or changing their communities blocks people’s voice and blocks access to people’s ability to influence their environment and those around them — an essential element for wellbeing. Focus groups and support groups that identify what’s working or not in services, and support people in making change in their own lives, can be supplemented or partially replaced by advocacy efforts that focus on changing structures around them.

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