Brunel the Bear is a well dressed toy bear named after the inspiring Victorian Civil Engineer. He will be a mascot for ICE members who support and promote charities that use engineering knowledge and skills to make life better for people and communities around the world.
On 9th April 2011, Brunel the Bear will set off from ICE Headquarters in Westminster, London on a sponsored tour of the United Kingdom. On his Big Journey he will visit civil engineering structures such as bridges, buildings and railways that were all planned, designed and constructed by Civil Engineers. Each stage of the Big Journey will be led by teams of civil engineers who must travel by non-fossil fuelled powered methods. Participants on each stage of the Big Journey will raise funds for an engineering charity. The charities supported include EWB-UK, EAP, RedR, EfOD and the ICE Benevolent Fund.