Who We Are
The National Sikh Anti-Bullying Alliance (NSABA) is a seva-led initiative dedicated to supporting Sikh families. It emerged as a direct response to a consistent failure by schools and the government to address the bullying of Sikh children, and understand the specific, often discriminatory practice they encounter. Over time, it became clear that there was a critical gap in schools' understanding, policy, and practice around how to manage such incidents.
This process of creating victims was, and remains, unacceptable — and unsustainable. Bullying is a trial which through adequate support should be overcome. We do not use the word 'victim' as it should never define a child’s identity or limit their future.
Our Purpose
NSABA exists to close the gap in school accountability and action. We aim to ensure that schools fulfil their legal duties to create safe environments conducive to learning for all children, including those of the Sikh faith too.
NSABA's goal is simple:
To no longer exist as a support service because bullying has been meaningfully reduced and systems have improved.
Our Mission
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To support schools in meeting both their legal and moral obligations to stopping bullying.
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To hold schools accountable for failing to protect Sikh children from bullying.
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To advocate for long-term policy and process changes that protect all minority pupils in majority-school settings through the use of MIMS Theory (click here for more details)
Our Ethos
Our work is rooted in critical reflection, asking questions and finding solutions to ensure no child is left behind.
The Issue
In the past five years, we have supported numerous cases of Sikh children being targeted for their faith. Many of these incidents were either dismissed, poorly documented, or mishandled entirely - the price for which was paid by the child being bullied.
We routinely found ourselves educating school staff about Sikhi and starting from a much lower base in terms of ideas of inclusion. We also found .
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Schools misapplied equality principles and practice, overlooking racism within and between minority groups.
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Discriminatory incidents were not always recorded as such, leaving causes unaddressed.
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Schools failed to see gaps between theory and practice.
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an absence of understanding which groups held relative power within the school setting and therefore, the source of difficulty for other pupils being bullied.
A major barrier to reduce the bullying of Sikh children is a lack of basic government data. Without this information, the poor experiences of Sikh children in British schools remains out of sight and out of the mind of policymakers.
Note: While our focus is on the Sikh community, if you are aware of a child from another minority background being bullied within the school setting (not society at large), please do reach out. We recognise that race-related discrimination can affect, and originate from, anywhere.
Our Approach
We’re not here to reinvent the wheel — but to turn it when it is stuck.
Our volunteer-led support is grounded in safeguarding and equalities principles, and focuses on solution-driven actions that make improvements now and for the future.
We offer:
Direct support
Step-by-step advice or management of incidents by engaging school leadership, and escalating concerns when necessary.
School Accountability Support
Help navigating school systems, lodging formal complaints, and ensuring anti-bullying, safeguarding and equalities duties inform actions.
Advocacy & Training
Workshops for educators and parents to build inclusive a school for everyone and address prejudice-based bullying proactively.
Encouraging Early Action
We promote speaking up early, so that those enduring the bullying receive a timely resolution before their educational and emotional wellbeing is harmed.
Safeguarding for All
We advocate for every child’s safety - without relying solely on top-down reforms or empty policies. Policies are only ever as good as their practice.