KAM teams up with the Canaan Trust for Charity Bed Push

Hundreds of people came out to support a bed push in aid of the Canaan Trust, and helped to raise vital funds for charity.

The Canaan Trust, based in Long Eaton embarked on a bed push from Ilkeston to Long Eaton on Saturday 28^th July to raise money and awareness about the increasing problem of homelessness in Erewash.

Many of the Canaan Trust’ own volunteers were out in force and helped to educate the public by handing out leaflets about the organisation’s great work. They also carried donation buckets, which were generously filled by the public. They were accompanied on their quest by two vans courtesy of KAM Servicing.

The Canaan Trust has been established since 1995 and provides assistance and help in the community for homeless people. They cover a vast area of Nottingham and their vital work is helping to get people off the street and into homes and employment.

The aim of the bed push was to try and help raise the £125,000 needed to keep the Canaan Trust running each year.

The bed push began its journey at Market Square in Ilkeston at 10am and was launched by the Mayor of Erewash Councillor Jennifer Hulls. It then went through Stapleford and Sandiacre before finishing in Long Eaton at around 2pm.

KAM Servicing Garages from Long Eaton sponsored the event. They provided all supplies such as banners and posters and 2 vans to accompany the bed safely on its travels.

Canaan Trust manager Kevin Curtis said: “We have been very grateful for the support especially from KAM Servicing. They have done a lot to help us and providing the vans was very generous. We did the push because we just want people to know that homelessness is not just a city problem but it is going on right here on our doorstop. We want to help these homeless people get back into society and to lead independent lives.”

KAM are very happy to be a part of this great cause. For more information go to  http://www.kam-servicing-sawley.co.uk/promotions.cfm?id=3517 

To donate go to  http://www.canaan-trust.co.uk/ 

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Hello faithful readers and welcome to another week of adventures from the KAM team. We have been very busy this week as you continue to heed the call and more and more of your cars are being restored to perfect health. You can leave your comments, questions and queries at www.twitter.com/dr_kev
I would just like to pay my respects to Nigel Doughty, he was a great leader of Nottingham Forest and his family is in our prayers. As a long time Nottingham Forest supporter and having met the great man himself, I am very sad to hear the news and send my condolences to all the people he touched.
This week we received a visit from Miss C, who was a new customer here at KAM and she was in a way after hearing about us from a neighbour. But Miss C was not on her way in the traditional form as her car was currently out of service and she was at that very moment, in the tow truck in need of a quick rescue. “Kev the recovery service were really helpful in picking me up fast but now I need my car fixed. I need to get back to school.” It so transpired that Miss C was a teacher had found her car in a state this morning and was too scared to drive it. “Kev I don’t know what happened. I went out to my car this morning and there was a horrible noise resonating from the car.” Miss C had been so startled by the noise that she then called up the AA who were on their way to our Tamworth Road depot. A short while later the AA turned up onto our forecourt in their own ‘twuck wid da fwashin lights’ and Miss C’s Vauxhall Astra was lagging behind. While the car was unloaded Miss C entered our warm KAM offices and we greeted her with a hot coffee to ward off the icy weather outside.
“Miss C then regaled us with the details of her car and was in some what of a hurry to get her car back in working order. “Kev with it being Valentines Day tomorrow, I was hoping to have my car. I have organized a very romantic day for my boyfriend tomorrow and I am so upset that this has happened at totally the wrong time. Miss C was upset and needed the KAM team’s help. Moreover as she was a teacher she was currently missing work because of her car. “Kev this car is just causing me too many inconveniences please say you can help.” Miss C was desperate and we wanted to make her Valentine’s Day a special one so we got straight to work. Here at KAM we are quite the romantics and we wanted to ensure that Miss C’s plans for the big day were not ruined. We took all of Miss C’s details and dispatched her off in one of our courtesy cars so that she could get to work. Diagnostic Dan was this week’s mystery solver and he was straight to work perusing the AA report. “Mmmm well they seem to think it is a burst water pump. We will have to do our own diagnostic tests to determine the cause.” He got to work first undertaking some preliminary observations to see if there were any visible faults within the car. Unfortunately it would not be that easy and so Dan would need to dig a little deeper. He then undertook a pressure test, to check the rest of the car. After some rigorous testing the results were ready and the fault became clear. The pressure test showed that there was water leaking from the cam belt covers and so he would need to take them off to discover where the fault lay. He took the cam belt covers off with all the skill and precision that you can expect from our KAM engineers. It was not long till the infamous words rang “I’ve got it Kev.” It so transpired that the water pump was in fact collapsed and this had been the reason for the worrying noises and the water leaking. We called up our fantastic suppliers and they arrived promptly. Dan then replaced the cam belt and tensioner kit as well as the water pump due to slight damage and anti-freeze contamination to the belt as you can’t be too careful. The pressures were returned to normal and we also topped up all the levels in the engine bay and checked the tyre pressures.
We did our road test and the car roared back to life with no sign of the previous noises. Miss C arrived later and was ecstatic to have her car back to its previous vigour. “Wow Kev, thanks so much. You are my very own St Valentines.
Remember faithful reader, our team of dedicated and hard working staff at the branches in Sutton, Long Eaton, Bullwell and Belper along with our bodywork shop are open every day of the week, EXCLUDING Sunday’s, while the lads at our Sawley and Heanor workshops are at your service seven days a week, keeping your car where it belongs. ON THE ROAD.
So until next week faithful reader, drive safely and keep it shiny side up.
Dr.Kev.