We are a charitable grant-making trust that works to alleviate physical impairment, poor mental health, and homelessness in Kent.
Alan co-created Donations With A Difference along with his brother Paul. When he is not indulging in some sporting activity he enjoys nothing more than coming up with weird and wonderful ways of rasing money for charity. Alan is often heard saying "Do nice things for nice people".
Cheryl is a freelance construction consultant and passionate about helping others in and out of the industry. She loves organising people and events and bringing people together. She has coordinated many volunteer projects. Cheryl joins Donations With A Difference as a trustee to increase the range of fundraising into new areas – no pressure!
Ella is Head of Communications & Business Development for Jenner Group as well as Chair of the Kent Construction Focus Group, promoting local excellence in the construction industry. With her background in Marketing, Ella hopes to raise the profile of Donations With A Difference, especially within the local construction industry as well as utilising her passion for running to create additional funds.
Connor is the Managing Director of The Digital Lookout, a full-service marketing agency, dedicated to the construction industry. There’s no denying he’s a geek at heart. Having smashed 13 GCSEs and 6 A-Levels by the age of 16, his dad wanted him to realise his potential of becoming an astronaut or a biochemist. Instead, he rebelled, and started on his career path into marketing. At the age of just 28, he already has over 10 years of experience behind him and his technical abilities have seen him develop apps, build many websites and write bespoke code for system integrations and software solutions. Connor sits on the steering committee of Kent’s branch of Constructing Excellence and is Vice Chair of G4C Kent, and most recently, has been appointed on the steering committee of the Kent Construction EXPO, helping to shape Kent’s largest construction event. He’s also working with other industry professionals to further develop Southern Wellness Action Group; a not-for-profit organisation designed to help SME’s in the industry access trained mental health first aiders.
Ella Sandall | January 26, 2026
Although Quinn is 8 years of age, she is medically aged around 2 years owing to Syngap1 genetic condition which means she has drug-resistant epilepsy, low muscle tone, a learning disability, is non-verbal and has sleep and behavioral disturbances. The older she becomes the more her struggles are apparent, and her family reached out to […]
Ella Sandall | January 26, 2026
Whilst Ellie was diagnosed with Elhlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS) in early 2023 her journey to this point started 7 years prior to this. After surgery to correct a ruptured ACL at the age of 12 Ellie’s healing was slow and incredibly painful, leaving her bedridden as doctors were unaware of her condition. The concoction of […]
Ella Sandall | January 26, 2026
Held on 14th November 2025 at the Ashford International Hotel, the annual Kent Construction Charity Ball was another record-breaking success with 330 attendees raising a staggering £100,000 for the charity pot. As the golden confetti cannons went off, the room full of construction professionals erupted into applause as the final figure was announced, leaving the Trustees […]
Ella Sandall | January 26, 2026
The true meaning of Christmas is undoubtedly helping those less fortunate to ensure everyone has a gift to open in the festive season. For the fourth year running, the Team at ‘Donations with a Difference’ set to work to produce 100 hand-filled bags of goodies to gift to the clients of Porchlight at their annual Christmas […]
Ella Sandall | July 21, 2025
On Friday 20th June, our sixth annual Donations with a Difference Golf Day yielded our biggest return ever with a record-breaking £28,300 raised by the 24 teams taking to the fairways to embark on a Texas Scramble format and battle it out to see who would be crowned this year’s champions. Returning to The Cave […]
Ella Sandall | July 21, 2025
On Friday 15th of November 2024, celebrating our 10th Anniversary the five Trustees of Donations with a Difference welcomed 300 guests from across the Kent Construction industry to the Ashford International Hotel for an evening that certainly put the fun into fundraising and resulted in an outstanding and record breaking £75,000 raised for the charity […]