Strong people.
Strong culture.
Strong communities.
I2L Change Hub Ltd is a not-for-profit charity dedicated to strengthening wellbeing, leadership, and creating positive change for families and communities across rural and remote Queensland.
About
Grounded in culture
and lived experience
We deliver culturally centred, trauma-informed programs that support healing, leadership training, capacity building, resilience, community wellbeing, and suicide prevention.
Our work is grounded in culture, lived experience, and strong community partnerships, ensuring programs are safe, relevant, and led by community priorities.
Key Focus Areas
Leadership
& Capacity Building
Building confident, capable and culturally grounded leaders
Suicide Prevention
& Community Resilience
Raising awareness, sharing healthy and culturally safe coping mechanisms, and developing community-led, co-designed responses
Culture-Led Healing
& Wellbeing
Strengthening identity, connection and holistic wellbeing
Youth Empowerment
& Pathways
Supporting young people to find purpose, direction and opportunity
Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs (ATOD) Awareness
Community awareness sessions supporting understanding of alcohol, drugs, harm reduction and healthy coping strategies.
Digital inclusion and social enterprise development
To support sustainable futures
Programs
What we do
I2L Change Hub works across the life course from children and youth to adults and Elders, with a strong focus on prevention, early support, and long-term outcomes. Our programs include:
Cultural wellbeing and healing programs
Yarning circles, on-Country experiences, cultural reconnection
Community empowerment
and education
Including youth engagement, AOD awareness, and suicide prevention initiatives
Employment-ready programs young people
Including leadership training
Women’s and men’s wellbeing programs
Programs that strengthen identity, leadership, resilience, and capacity
Capacity building initiatives
To support individuals, families, and community organisations
Community resilience
We offer programs that support wellbeing and empower communities to respond to challenges and create stronger futures.
Post-release support
Focused on reintegration, healing, and reducing recidivism
Youth leadership and pathways program
Supporting young people to build leadership skills, confidence and pathways into education, training and employment
Dust & Fire Mental Health, Wellbeing & Resilience
Dust & Fire is I2L Change Hub's flagship community-led initiative dedicated to strengthening mental health, social and emotional wellbeing, resilience, healing and leadership across remote and regional communities.
Born from lived experience and shaped by the realities faced by many Gulf communities, Dust & Fire has been developed to create culturally safe spaces where individuals, families and communities can connect, heal and grow together. The initiative recognises that lasting change is built through relationships, culture, local leadership and community ownership.
The name Dust & Fire reflects the journey of our communities.
Dust represents the rugged terrain, hard living and unique challenges of life in remote and regional Australia. It symbolises the resilience, determination and strength required to keep moving forward despite adversity.
Fire represents connection, healing and warmth. It brings people together to yarn, learn, celebrate culture, strengthen relationships, share knowledge and ignite hope for the future.
Together, Dust & Fire acknowledges the realities our communities face while placing value on the strength that comes from culture, connection to country and local collective movements.
Through a range of culturally grounded programs, workshops, leadership initiatives, community events and collaborative partnerships, Dust & Fire aims to strengthen protective factors that support positive mental health and wellbeing while contributing to suicide prevention through early intervention, community capacity building and social connection.
At its heart, Dust & Fire is about empowering communities to lead their own solutions. Working alongside Elders, young people, local organisations, government, businesses and community leaders, I2L Change Hub is committed to creating opportunities that build resilience, foster hope and inspire lasting change.
We believe every community deserves the opportunity to thrive, every young person deserves hope, and every individual deserves to feel connected, supported and valued.
Together, we can change the narrative.
Approach
How we work
We take a community-led, strengths-based approach, guided by Elders, local leaders, and lived experience. We work collaboratively with schools, health services, government, and community organisations to create wrap-around support and “no wrong door” pathways.
Programs designed by and for community, respecting culture and identity
Culturally safe
Healing approaches that acknowledge lived experience and build resilience
Trauma-informed
Team
Leadership
Guided by strong leaders with deep community roots and lived experience.
Dwayne Savo
Co-founder
Dwayne Savo is a proud Teppathiggi, Kurtijar and Wik man, who is born and bred in the Gulf region, with over 20 years’ experience working alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Far North Queensland and Cape York. His leadership is grounded in lived experience, strong cultural authority, and a deep commitment to community development and collective wellbeing.
Dwayne has extensive experience in alcohol and other drug (AOD) education, suicide prevention, social and emotional wellbeing, and youth resilience, including the delivery of on-Country, culturally led healing programs that strengthen identity, connection to culture, and community safety. As Co-Founder of I2L Change Hub Ltd, he is returning to community to reinvest his skills and knowledge, creating trauma-informed, culturally grounded pathways that support healing, prevention, and long-term change for remote communities throughout Queensland.
Jacynta Savo
Co-founder
Jacynta Savo is a proud Gooreng Gooreng, Bundaburra Yidinji women with strong ties throughout Far North Qld. Jacynta is a senior project leader with extensive leadership experience across community development, primary health care, child protection, and government systems in Cape York and North West regional Queensland. She is currently completing her Social Work degree with Deakin University at NIKERI and undertaking a Master of Business Administration with the University of Sydney.
Jacynta is a qualified Aboriginal Health Practitioner and has previously held regional leadership roles in Primary Health Care, providing strategic, operational, and governance oversight across remote and regional communities.
Jacynta brings strong governance and program leadership to her role as Co-Founder of I2L Change Hub Ltd. Her work is grounded in social work–informed practice and utilises strengths-based, trauma-informed, human rights and anti-oppressive frameworks, Indigenous standpoints, and emancipatory theoretical approaches to support lasting, community-led outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and rural remote communities.
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Whether you're seeking support, partnership, or ways to contribute, we're here to listen.
FAQs
Questions?
Find answers about our programs, eligibility, and how to engage with us.
Our programs are designed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, as well as families and communities across rural and remote Queensland towns, country and bush communities. We work with people at every life stage — from children and youth through to Elders. If you're seeking healing, leadership development, employment support or community strengthening, there is a pathway for you.
Who can access programs?
Our programs are trauma-informed, culturally safe, and grounded in lived experience. Our team also brings lived life experience of growing up and living in country, rural and remote Queensland towns, and working within remote discrete Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. This understanding shapes how we engage with people and communities. We listen first and respond to what communities say they need most, rather than imposing solutions from outside.
What makes your approach different?
Alongside our core programs, we also support communities and organisations through co-design, consultation and community engagement. We work collaboratively with local leaders, stakeholders and community members to design initiatives that are culturally safe, locally informed and responsive to community priorities. Our approach ensures programs are shaped by the voices, strengths and knowledge of the communities they are intended to serve.
Additional Services We Can Deliver
We work collaboratively with schools, health services, government, and community organisations. Contact us directly to discuss how we can support someone you know, or speak with your local service provider about referral pathways.
How do I refer someone?
Absolutely. We partner with schools, health services, and community organisations, Councils to build capacity and create wrap-around support. We also offer training and consultation to strengthen organisational practice.
Do you work with organisations?
Need more information?
Please use the contact form below to get in touch with any enquiries.
Contact
Get in touch
We're here to listen and support your journey forward.
Phone
Call 0417 252 605
PO Box 1496,
Weipa QLD 4874
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