asking communities who experience racism to address the issue and no community grants funding was apparent that focused on role of the broader Australian community. As with much of the government work supporting First Nations communities, community grants programs focused almost exclusively into those communities but did not appear to address racism experienced by those communities and reach out beyond those communities to address it. While there is some joint provision of grant funding by departments, generally there is an absence of any cohesive, strategic direction to the grants provided. Relevant grant programs tend to focus on social cohesion and deliver into CALD communities and there appears to be little specific grant funding provision for community organisations to address racism and the perpetration of racist behaviour. 4.5.1 Australian Sports Commission The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) is the federal agency responsible for supporting and investing in sport at all levels. The ASC was established in 1985 under the Australian Sports Commission Act 1989 (Cth) and its role is to increase involvement in sport; enable continued international sporting success through leadership and development of the sports sector and tackle the big challenges and opportunities with and for the sector. The ASC leads, supports and provides opportunities for all communities to be involved in sport.1 More recently its focus has returned to working with First Nations and CALD communities, women and people living with disability. The ASC is currently running the Share a Yarn program which is in its third year, having commenced in 2020. Initially designed after a review of the National Sports Plan, the Australian Sports Commission Reconciliation Action Plan, and additional relevant research carried out over the past decade, Share a Yarn supports First Nation elite athletes and provides non-Indigenous elite athletes and coaches with opportunities to learn about First Nations communities, culture and histories. The aim is to provide access to learning and knowledge about the differing First Nations cultures, lands, histories, and peoples. Through this learning, the program leverages elite athletes and coaches to engage wider sporting and Australian communities in reconciliation. Through Share a Yarn the ASC endeavours to encourage increased cultural competency within the sector, enhancing Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples’ experiences within high-performance sport. Since commencing in 2020, $425,000 has been committed to the program with the (approximate) annual breakdown as follows: • $100,000 (2020) • $80,000 (2021) • $120,000 (2022) • $125,000 (2023) 47