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US non-profits get national dialling code

Howard Lake | 23 August 2000 | News



Dial 911 in the USA and you get through to the emergency services, the equivalent of dialling 999 in the UK. Following a unanimous vote by the Federal Communications Commission last month, non-profits now have their own designated national dialling code. Any number with the prefix 211 will put you in touch with a community service organisation. The prefix is designed to give greater prominence to non-profit helplines and other services. The United Ways of Connecticut and Atlanta have already seen a 40% increase in telephone enquiries following its introduction.




There is no UK equivalent code to designate a non-profit service.




Find out more from 211.org.

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