Grooming & Conversion
Grooming is when an emotional connection is built with another person to gain their trust for the purposes of sexual actives, abuse, financial gain or exploitation. Children and young people…
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Community Support in Crisis: How the Sikh Helpline Helped a Family Rebuild Trust
In recent years, cultural and religious conflicts within families have become increasingly common, especially as young people navigate their identities in multicultural societies. For one mother, these tensions surfaced in…
A Call for Help: One Family’s Journey Through Alcohol and Towards Healing and Hope
Late one evening, a woman picked up the phone, her hands trembling, her heart heavy. She dialled the number to Sikh Helpline, feeling utterly drained. Her voice shook as she…
The Power of Mediation: A Sikh Helpline Mediator Helps Resolve a Family Conflict
In the midst of family breakdowns, where emotions often run high and conflicts seem irreconcilable, mediation can be a beacon of hope. Recently, a family approached the Sikh Helpline for…
Finding Hope and Healing Through the Sikh Helpline after 21 years of Domestic Abuse
A Mother’s Resilience: Finding Hope and Healing Through the Sikh Helpline In the quiet sanctity of a Sikh Gurdwara, a mother approached and pay her respects to Sri Guru Granth…
Bullied Sikh Boy Overcomes Abuse with Support
A young Sikh boy attending secondary school was the target of bullying by a group of students. Within this group, there was a leader whose negative behaviour was followed by…
Rani’s Story: Breaking Free in the UK
Rani moved to the UK after her marriage to Ravi, a seemingly charming man from her hometown in India. Her family was excited for her new life, thinking she would…
Deeply troubled by her father’s betrayal
A Journey of Faith and Healing The daughter reached out to Sikh Helpline, deeply troubled by her father’s betrayal where he decides to cheat on mom. While the actions of…
A Tribute to the Sikh Helpline: A Life-Saving Act of Kindness
A Tribute to the Sikh Helpline: A Life-Saving Act of Kindness There are times in life when darkness feels overwhelming, and the path forward seems impossible to find. I experienced…
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Community Support in Crisis: How the Sikh Helpline Helped a Family Rebuild Trust
In recent years, cultural and religious conflicts within families have become increasingly common, especially as young people navigate their identities in multicultural societies. For one mother, these tensions surfaced in…
A Real World Problem – Grooming Video
Grooming Awareness Campaign 2016 Sikh Helpline The storyline will follow the traditional sense of new first year university student who starts to fall for a guy through presents and fake…
Guidance For Your Child Above the Age of 13
You may be starting to think your child knows more about using technology than you do, and you may be right. Make it your business to keep up to date…
21 Tips for Parenting to Make a Difference
Article By Barry R. McCaffrey Get Involved Kids who are close to their parents are least likely to engage in risky behaviors. The more involved you are in your children’s lives,…
10 Basic Principles of Good Parenting
Are you constantly searching the latest on parenting to make sure you are doing everything exactly right? It’s time to relax. Temple University psychologist, Laurence Steinberg, says that perfect parents…
Child Sexual Abuse: 6 Stages of Grooming
By Dr. Michael Welner Grooming is the process by which an offender draws a victim into a sexual relationship and maintains that relationship in secrecy. The shrouding of the relationship…
Be SMART Online
Teach your children the five key rules which remind young people to be SMART online. You should go through these tips with your children. S SAFE Keep safe by being…
Groomed from the age of 12
‘I’ve had her bro, you can have her’ Men ‘groomed teenage girl from the age of 12 before raping her in drug den’ The girl fell pregnant at 14 during her…
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Finding Hope and Healing Through the Sikh Helpline after 21 years of Domestic Abuse
A Mother’s Resilience: Finding Hope and Healing Through the Sikh Helpline In the quiet sanctity of a Sikh Gurdwara, a mother approached and pay her respects to Sri Guru Granth…
Rani’s Story: Breaking Free in the UK
Rani moved to the UK after her marriage to Ravi, a seemingly charming man from her hometown in India. Her family was excited for her new life, thinking she would…
Bullying & Discrimination
Bullied Sikh Boy Overcomes Abuse with Support
A young Sikh boy attending secondary school was the target of bullying by a group of students. Within this group, there was a leader whose negative behaviour was followed by…
I never did no crime I was just wearing a Kirpan
Below is an video which the Sikh Helpline would like to share, having received a number of calls from those who have and are experiening similar issues. The video relates…
Advice On How To Handle a Bully
There have always been bullies in the world. The recent attention on the subject is proof that it has effects on the victims and must be dealt with the way…
A Bully Victim Finds Help
Another success! The Sikh Helpline have successfully helped another youth resolve his bullying problems… Everyone can remember when they were in school… FacebookTweetPinLinkedIn
The Tragic Story Of A 13 Year Boy – Bullying Kills!
Monday: my money was taken. Tuesday: names called. Wednesday: my uniform torn. Thursday: my body pouring with blood. Friday: it’s ended. Saturday: freedom. These are the final diary pages of…
Girl Needed Help – Black Headscarf
A Sikh girl returns to her school after taking Amrit wearing her back headscarf to keep her head covered. Her teacher tells her take off her headscarf or to leave…
Bullied at Boarding School
Sikh Helpline Callers: At a boarding school, there was a pupil who was the only Sikh student and he wore a Dastaar (turban). Unlike other schools, students at boarding schools…
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The Power of Mediation: A Sikh Helpline Mediator Helps Resolve a Family Conflict
In the midst of family breakdowns, where emotions often run high and conflicts seem irreconcilable, mediation can be a beacon of hope. Recently, a family approached the Sikh Helpline for…
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Testimonial (Domestic Violence)
Domestic Violence Case – Call received by the Sikh HelpLine “Bless the helpline to continue help silent victims like me..” Testimonial (Real Case Study): A call was received by the Sikh…