A copper “petal” awarded to the Bermuda Paralympic Association has been donated to the Corporation of Hamilton so it can be displayed for the public.

The petal is one of 164 segments of the cauldron that bore the Paralympic flame during the 2012 event in London. Following the event, each of the participating countries was given a single petal by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, along with a request that the petal be displayed in a suitable setting.

Speaking at a ceremony in City Hall this afternoon, Hamilton Mayor Graeme Outerbridge said that a wooden plinth for the petal was built by inmates involved in the carpentry programme at the Department of Corrections. The ebony and mahogany used in the plinth came from trees downed in recent storms, collected and donated by the Corporation.

Mr Outerbridge was joined by paralympian Jessica Lewis — who represented the Island in the 2012 event — in formally unveiling the petal.

President of the Bermuda Paralympic Association Ann Lindroth described the project as a labour of love, saying: “We thought of this idea because we don’t have an office and we wanted it to be seen and admired.”