Unlocking The Potential in 4Vie.

We’ve had amazing three weeks since launching the 4Vie start up crowdfunding campaign.

From a standing start;

• On Twitter we’ve attracted 1,200 followers, amassed 113,000 impressions, and gained on average 11 retweets and 15 favourites per day &
• On Facebook, we’ve attracted 60 followers, had over 200 likes and reached over 20,000 people with our posts

But we’re clearly not converting the hearts and minds who support what we’re trying to achieve into successful funding of our phase 1 start up campaign. 

If we had £1 for every one of those impressions, and £4 for every one of those retweets we would be well on the way to  starting to deliver . And without the start up costs, we may not be able to deliver the ethical fourth way the millions who are locked out of home ownership or social housing, or trapped in expensive and insecure private tenancies so desperately need.

So what makes 4Vie a viable , independent and ethical entity worth putting your money into?

Start up costs we’re seeking are those  just to get us off the ground.

• £25k in fees just to get us through the door on the governments PRS guarantee Scheme
• £60k to cover the costs of 4vie partners and associates time and work on making that and the remaining financing we seek to become a reality - the equivalent of a full time CEO, split between those who want to make it a reality but can only do it on a P/T basis
• And £15k for other costs such as promotion and marketing of the 4Vie way to developers and potential partners.

We’ve done everything so far on a shoe string and from our own pockets, and are certainly not seeking any ‘fat cat’ salaries to deliver the 6,000 homes we aim to provide.

We want to set up 4Vie because we believe in the value it will deliver, not for the value it might provide those delivering it

So What’s different about the 4Vie offer?

We’ve attempted to outline the key aspects in our FAQ’s section, but here’s a quick summary to compare against

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What difference can 4Vie make?
4Vie can't promise a home for everyone. But it can;

• help to meet the aspirations of thousands of those who yearn for a place to call home on a long or short term basis, and 
  
• offer a genuinely meaningful and purposeful home for donations, investments and support

And aside from the immediate benefits of providing genuinely affordable, long term rented homes which are available to all modelled on successful European approaches, there are others such as:

• Some of that £3.5bn of the governments PRS Guarantee Scheme being used ethically - rather than bolstering an existing PRS sector and developers who are geared and motivated purely by profit
  
• Helping to boost the economy, through providing affordable homes for workers who are priced out of working in some areas, and boosting the number of local builders involved in building those homes for them.

What Difference can you make?
Every £ will contribute towards delivering a more ethical basis for renting homes than the 'highest return possible' approach currently being delivered.

As Winston Churchill eloquently put it;
‘We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give’.

Go on. #BeTheChange.

Visit our crowdfunding page and donate as much or as little as you like, or just share the message via email or social media with your friends and encourage them to donate or support 4Vie.

Thanks for reading, and supporting us.