The year-long fundraising tour - which is part of Mace’s 25th anniversary celebrations - aims to raise £200,000 to support the work of the charitable Mace Foundation.
The Adventurer baton, which was developed by Severfield, will visit 25 countries and 250 Mace projects and will be handled by at least 2,500 people. Mace was one of the companies that delivered the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Adventurer’s tour is designed to echo the torch relay.
The journey kicked off this week at The Shard in London, where executive chairman Stephen Pycroft and chief executive Mark Reynolds were joined by two of Mace’s founding partners, Ian Macpherson and Ian Wylie. Eight employees were also selected to attend from across the business.
Founding partner Ian Macpherson began proceedings by handing the baton over to the first Mace 25th champion, Aaron Higginson, followed by a few words from Mark Reynolds.
Since then, The Adventurer has made its way to another London project, Nova in Victoria, where Mace is acting as main contractor. At Nova, Aaron met with Olympic gold medallist and super, middle-weight boxer James Degale and on this first day of its travels the baton raised £300.
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