Sport Action Zone (SAZ)

Areas where sport is used to reduce social exclusion and promote community development and regeneration. Sport Action Zones were launched in 2000 by Sport England.

Twelve areas were designated as Sport Action Zones:

• Birmingham
• Bradford
• Braunstone
• Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
• East Manchester
• East Midlands
• Liverpool
• Luton
• North Lambeth & North Southwark
• South Yorkshire Coalfields
• Wear Valley
• West Cumbria and Barrow 

Further information

Sport Action Zones evaluation