David Widdicombe (Trustee)

David Widdicombe has been a Trustee of AVIUK since 1999. He is a lawyer by profession and has worked in the Far East a great deal. He has been to tibet twice and has made a pilgrimage around Mount Kailash, the Indian holy mountain in western Tibet. He first visited the Ashram in 1962 and met the Mother; a few years ago he renewed his connection with the Ashram and also visited Auroville. He has now been to Auroville several times.

In the past he has been connected with the psychological teaching of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky, and with the Sufi teaching of Idries Shah.

Sonia Dyne (Chairperson and Trustee)

I was born and educated in England, but have lived most of my life in Singapore working in educational publishing and teaching English. I first visited Auroville in 1979 and I became president of the Sri Aurobindo Centre in Singapore in 1981, a position held until last year. I now live in England, and became trustee of AVI UK last year. I have written and lectured on Savitri and other aspects of Sri Aurobindo’s yoga.

Caroline Davies (Trustee)

Martin Littlewood (Secretary)

I was first introduced to the teachings of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother as a child, as my mother followed their teachings and was a friend of Edith Schnapper. I first visited Auroville in 1984. I became involved with AVI UK on my return, and have been Secretary for the last 16 years, visiting Auroville many times. I also work as a Management Consultant. One of my sons is an Auroville resident.

Alan Herbert (Trustee - Auroville)

John Mulrey (Financial Administrator)

Pat Kaye

I became interested in Vedantic philosophy in 1965 after being introduced to the teachings of Sri Ramakrishna. I became associated with the Sri Aurobindo group in London in 1972, and visited Pondicherry and Auroville in 1973.

Forrest found his way to Auroville in 1982 and lived there until 1992 when he needed to return to the UK for medical reasons. During his time in Auroville he used his background in education to co found the "Children and Tress" project. This disseminated environmental education materials on the Auroville experience to India and the wider world.

In the UK Forrest has worked with children that have special educational needs after post graduate studies in London. He joined the AVIUK committee as Treasurer in 1997.

Angiras Auro