Due to a change in the regional telephone codes in England, our phone/fax number in London has changed. Please correct your records. Instead of 171, the new code is 207. Our new number is thus +44 (20) 7681-1796 (London).

Telephone Numbers

The convention we use in writing international telephone numbers is +country-city/area-number. The + indicates that you need to add the access code for reaching the international dialing system. In the U.S., you would dial 011-country-city-number. Thus from the U.S. you would dial 011-44-20-7681-1796 to reach the London number.

If you are already in the target country, they you need to dial whatever prefix normally comes before the city code or area code. For calls within the U.S. and Canada, it’s 1-area-number. For calls within England or Australia, dial 0-city-number. Callers from inside the U.K. dial 020 7681-1796 to reach London.

New Phone in Sydney

There is also a new central telephone number in Sydney, Australia, that receives voicemail and fax: +61 (2) 9473-1441. We now have three regional contact persons in Australia: Jennifer Kingston in Queensland, Paul and Gay Verco in New South Wales, and Michael Walker in Western Australia. They will share monitoring of this central service. We would welcome a volunteer in Victoria.

VHL Canada an official charity

Tania Durand reports that VHL Canada has been awarded official charity status by the Canadian government. Canadians who donate to VHL Canada can now get a tax credit for their donations. Tania (Ottawa) and Paul Bonneau (Quebec) are co-chairs of VHL Canada. Tania is recovering from surgery and doing well. Canadians can call the hotline 1 (800) 767-4VHL without charge with questions or referrals to Paul and Tania.

No Response?

Please note that you can reach all the VHL Family Alliance information from your local country contact point, as we stay in close touch with one another to serve you, and will forward your query worldwide to get you the best information. However all of us are volunteers, so if you don’t hear back within the timeframe you need it may be that someone is on holiday or dealing with a family obligation. Please feel free to contact the U.S. numbers which are staffed by a committee of volunteers and are most consistently available.

1 (800) 767-4845, info@vhl.org, http://www.vhl.org

As printed in the VHL Family Forum 7:2, June 1999. For permission to reprint, please contact VHL Family Alliance, editor@vhl.org. Further information is available from the VHL Family Alliance, info@vhl.org.