28/02/2026
***IMPORTANT INFORMATION - PERMANENT CLOSURE***
Where to begin…
It’s that time to reflect and move on.
This journey started on the 16th September 2022 and it’s been one hell of a rollercoaster both mentally & physically.
Starting off I was waiting impatiently for the first call to come in…. It took about a month!
I would drive for miles over a period of a few months leaving business cards at farms all over the Lake District in the United Kingdom, Determined to get my idea out there for the farming & smallholders community to have the opportunity for onsite slaughter and butchery of there livestock originally intended for emergency situations opposed to losing out via Fallen Stock Collection… Eventually (later down the line) customers wanted to pre-book livestock in for the service in place of travelling miles to abattoir’s.
I’ve had a open minded approach to the business since opening in 2022 by using the social media platforms. Doing this was important to me in the intention to hopefully educate the public on the meat industry by giving the public a front row seat too where there meat comes from & how the process works (in the field).
I’m proud to say that I started something that I was told by many that it would be impossible to do.
I started Harry’s Homekill, I worked hard to make it grow into a well known service, I met some amazing customers and visited some of the UK’s most amazing places, I’ve been offered a chance to appear on a survival TV programme, I’ve been offered to visit several meat producers businesses, I have been in News articles and I’ve had the pleasure of talking to and getting to know some people at the highest level in the industry both in the UK and in other countries I’ve also had the absolute best opportunity of meeting YOU all on social media! You have supported me through the good times and you have supported me through the bad times for that I will always be grateful to my HomeKill fans.
As you know I’ve had my periods where I’ve closed short term due to my complex mental health issues and time-to-time vehicle issues.
Harry’s Homekill has been extremely proud to promote “Mental Health Awareness” showing the importance of knowing (it’s okay to not be okay) and this is where I’d like to have the chance to be open with you all and explain my decision I’m about to update you all about.
16 months ago I closed temporarily due to my mental state to focus on myself to be the best version of myself to run Harry’s HomeKill. I know now… coming back was the wrong decision and I would like to have the opportunity to explain to you why…
Firstly I would like to apologise to you all for making a return before I was ready too, since my return iv managed to hold my s**t together for the first few months and this was solely due too the loyalty and commitment of my partner Noush as she devoted herself to make my true intentions and dreams a success, but she was completely unaware of how unready I was to even consider going back to work as I had not been true to myself or anyone else where I was in my own mind which is one of my biggest regrets.
Recently, I have been able to be honest with myself and the people closest to me. I am in a dark place currently and I know there is light at the end of the tunnel as long as I am true to myself, willing to put the work in with the health professionals and do what is 100% right for myself and my loved ones.
I have been living with a fantasy of running a a successful business, which I created, using it as my drive in life… but truthfully, it’s probably one of the things that effects me most. I can’t run Harry’s HomeKill when I can’t even successfully run my personal life, relying on Noush to pick up the pieces and look after me, when I am unable to look after myself.
Being a slaughter man is an emotionally, challenging career, along side having complex mental health issues is completely insane… but I now know that…
(1) I am the most important person, the business won’t be successful - if I’m not.
(2) I have a long road to go to sort myself once and for good. Throwing away my pride and being honest with myself, the health professionals that are willing to help me.
(3) to show respect for all my customers and followers to close the business for good and actually admit why I’ve been so absent.
It’s time for me to close for good, I’ve made this decision due to my complex mental health because I know, that I’m never going to get better if I carry on doing a career that has a massive impact on that.
I want to say again how THANKFUL I am for all your custom, support and love during this chapter of my life and I’m proud to have been apart of this industry and I cherish many good memories.
I would also like to thank my family and Noush’s family for putting up with me and supporting me through this dark time, showing me support, care and most importantly love. Showing me I can be myself, I can be wanted and loved even when I think I don’t deserve it. That I can achieve anything I set my mind too. Without them, I probably would haven’t come to realise I need to be honest and sort myself out not only but myself but for them too.
What’s next for Harry? I don’t know, but what I do know is anything is possible as long as I’m well, and it has a positive impact on my mental health and that of my loved ones
Big Love
Harry
