Storyhouse and Mast have announced a new corporate partnership that celebrates their shared values of innovation, community, and impact.
Mast, a leading independent diagnostics company with a commitment to improving healthcare solutions worldwide, has joined Storyhouse’s corporate membership scheme to support its charitable work through projects in the community.
Rachel Shelmerdine, Product Strategy and Marketing Manager at Mast, said:
It is amazing to see how alive Storyhouse is and what a great community space you’ve created. The work they’re doing with a range of outreach projects resonates with Mast’s values. We’re very proud to be involved with such a meaningful organisation.
Kate Mylchreest, Director of Development at Storyhouse, added:
We’re delighted to partner with Mast. Their commitment to innovation and supporting community initiatives perfectly aligns with our mission to create a space where creativity, learning, and connection thrive. We look forward to building a strong and lasting partnership that will make a meaningful difference to the communities we serve.
This partnership will enable Storyhouse to continue delivering impactful projects across Chester and the borough that inspire and connect people, while showcasing Mast’s dedication to supporting initiatives that drive positive change. Mast were particularly keen to support Storyhouse’s commitment to giving away free theatre tickets to Chester’s communities, ensuring that live performance remains accessible to everyone, regardless of background or circumstance.
For further information about Mast, visit mast-group.com. To find out more about Storyhouse storyhouse.com.
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About Storyhouse
Storyhouse is a charity and independent arts centre dedicated to serving its community. All profits go back into maintaining our space, ensuring it remains free, open, and accessible to all. We are home to a library, theatres, a restaurant, and an independent cinema that showcases a handpicked selection of films from around the world. We are open 7 days a week as a space for people to work, relax, and play.
We run over 2,000 sessions annually, supporting marginalised groups and creating a welcoming space for all. Our theatre productions, known as Storyhouse Originals, are created and produced in-house, including Chester’s Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre, established in 2010. Throughout the year, we also host a range of festivals, such as the Chester Literature Festival, Storyhouse Queer, Storyhouse Women, Storyhouse Elders, Storyhouse Childless, WayWord Children’s Festival, Moonlight Flicks open air cinema and Kaleidoscope Festival, all co-programmed with members of the communities they serve.
Storyhouse also runs education and training programmes for some of the most under-served young people in the city, offering transformative opportunities to engage, learn, and grow.
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About Mast Group
Mast Group Ltd. are a world class manufacturer and global supplier of diagnostic products for clinical, industrial and veterinary testing. As an independent company, since 1959, our commitment to maintaining integrity and customer satisfaction, combined with innovation in in-vitro diagnostics, has resulted in improved clinical decisions and pathways.
Mast Group Ltd. offers its extensive product range through its own companies plus a global network of distributors. The parent company has corporate headquarters in Bootle near Liverpool, UK along with sites in Daresbury & Deeside, and subsidiary companies in Reinfeld, Germany, Amiens, France and Johannesburg, South Africa.
Mast is a pioneer of antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST), and has over 65 years’ experience in this field, supporting the AMR challenge by continually updating its portfolio of AST and AMR products. The widely established MAST URI®SYSTEM represents one of Mast’s flagship products, which streamlines and optimises urine microbiology allowing culture, identification and AST to be reported in 95% of samples in 24 hours. Mast also offers a range of Molecular diagnostic solutions and supplies the world leading solution for quantitative Faecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT).
Website: www.mast-group.com
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