Author: Sylvia Holder, Lindsay Swan

Sylvia Holder is the founder trustee of the Venkat Trust, an education charity she established in memory of a young fisherman’s son she met in India. A recipient of the BEM and The Times Sternberg Active Life Award, she lives in Hove and regularly visits the Trust’s projects in South India. Lindsay Swan, a trustee of the Venkat Trust, was Sylvia Holder’s partner in a London PR consultancy for over 20 years. Based in west London, she is involved in therapeutic gardening projects and serves on the Wandsworth Prison Independent Monitoring Board, promoting fair treatment in custody. She frequently travels to the Trust in Kovalam, India.