Meet The Locals

This month we hear from Jackie Clarke Williams from Jaxs Ark

I am Jackie Clarke-Williams known to everyone as Jax. I have always owned an animal of some sort and naturally wanted this as my career. I followed this passion in my education and gained a qualification in Animal Management HND and City in Guilds Pet Store Management. I now have 30 years working in various sectors of the animal industry, from pet store management and animal health, and teaching animal management at various colleges with practical handling too.

In 2017 I decided to set up own business, Jax Ark Animal Boarding. Starting out as a family hobby, and being designed from the start to be a flexible, professional animal boarding business that all pet owners can access, it has very quickly grown. We have 35+ valued clients that return time and again. These include exotics (snakes, lizards, amphibian, and inverts), small animals (rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, birds,) and exotic mammals (hedgehogs, ferrets, chinchillas and sugar gliders). Our customers use our services during their holidays or at any other times as their needs require. Unlike kennels and catteries, ours is a specialist boarding business one of very few in the Midlands.

Jax’s Ark is situated in the grounds of our family house. We have a large plot of land of just under an acre in a quiet, rural area just outside of Boston, Lincolnshire. Jax’s Ark consists of four outbuildings that are modified to a high standard to accommodate small animal boarding. One caters for the life support needed to house reptiles with multiple enclosures. Two buildings support rabbits, guinea pigs, ferrets and aviary birds with larger parrots, sugar gliders etc. housed in a large enclosure within the main house. The final and most recent acquisition for the business is the building which has been designed to accommodate 35 exotic vivariums for snakes and lizards, 15 tortoise runs, and life support equipment interchangeable to be relevant to the animal boarding requirements of the day. Along with this we have also created more outdoor space where the enclosures have the capacity to house 18 small mammals (rabbits and guinea pigs), and 12 bird flights. These could also accommodate other exotic mammals if required. The mammal accommodation can be adapted and will remain flexible to suit the species requirements. All our accommodation has been designed to exceed the requirements from RSPCA guidelines and we are fully insured.

Animals have become an obsession for all my family, with Jax’s Ark now run with help from my daughter who has recently qualified in Animal Management HND and assists at a local Wildlife Rescue and greyhound rescue. Not only are we all passionate about animals, but we also enjoy working in the local community. As well as animal boarding, we also offer other services such as claw cutting, assistance with medication administering, microchipping, handling advice, setting up of vivarium’s & fish tanks, offering local care homes fish tank maintenance, and a collection and delivery service to name but a few! We will soon be venturing into; animal encounters with local schools, colleges and other businesses and rabbit bonding.

If you’re interested in any of the services that we can offer, then we would love to hear from you. Please contact Jaxs Ark on: Mobile: 07746760379, email: painshill@live.co.uk or view, like and share our Facebook page, Jaxs Ark Animal Boarding.

Kirton Church Fund

The October draw takes place on Sunday 27th October with the winning numbers printed in the December magazine. The November draw takes place on

Sunday 24th November and the winning numbers will be printed in the February magazine.

Congratulations to both winners. The first prize winner has won before but this is their first prize win and the largest payment yet made in the KCF monthly draw as we have now 53 numbers in the draw and therefore the prize money has increased. The second prize winner has several numbers and has won before but this is the first time with this number.

We may have more numbers than ever before but there is still plenty of room for more members and is still a very good chance of winning the Kirton Church Fund (KCF) monthly draw. Why not come and join us? Anyone over 18 may take part.

You can join at any time during the year at £5 a number per month and therefore £60 annually, £30 for 6 months and £15 for 3 months. You can of course pay the £5 monthly if you wish. You can also have more than one number if you wish.

Registration forms are available from the back church or from Fay, please ring 01205 723529. Forms are also available from Paula’s Gifts at the bottom of Station Road which is an Aladdin’s cave of reasonably priced gifts and cards and well worth a visit.

Like more information about Kirton Church Fund? Then please give Fay a ring (01205 723529).

September 2024 Winners

1st PRIZE - £49.69 - TICKET NUMBER: 50
2nd PRIZE - £16.56 - TICKET NUMBER: 95

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