Ethos
Our values are really important to us, which is why we are publishing them here.
Community and Connection
– Building a place to connect.
People Focused
– People over profit, characterful and individual whilst remaining professional.
We’re building a sauna that exists for the benefit of the people who use it and the people who run it. As a not-for-profit workers’ cooperative, we prioritise dignity, inclusion, and meaningful work—putting people over profit and creating a space that lifts folk up.
Any profit we do receive will be spent on social prescribing, work with community groups, or go back into the business.
Accessibility
– Holding a space that lifts folk up and works for all stripes of people.
Bold, Collaborative, Open
– We are ‘yes’ sayers.
Our aim is to make sauna culture available to all stripes of people, with concessionary pricing and openness to feedback. Check out our Accessibility page for more information.
We say yes to creativity, collaboration, and evolving with our community— if you have a bright idea for us, we want to hear it!
Quality
– Building a bloody good sauna.
Sustainable
– Finding sustainable solutions.
We’re building two bloody good saunas — crafted with care, attention to high quality design, and situated within a peaceful atmosphere. We've used as much locally sourced organic construction material as possible, and our wood is sourced from responsibly managed woodlands by the Leeds Coppice Workers Cooperative.
In the future we will be looking for sustainable energy solutions on our off-grid site, so that we can be good ancestors to future generations of sauna-goers.
