diff --git a/service/src/common/email-template-payload/community.invitation.virtual.contributor.created.email.payload.ts b/service/src/common/email-template-payload/community.invitation.virtual.contributor.created.email.payload.ts
index f2805d6d..00ad4449 100644
--- a/service/src/common/email-template-payload/community.invitation.virtual.contributor.created.email.payload.ts
+++ b/service/src/common/email-template-payload/community.invitation.virtual.contributor.created.email.payload.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
-import { BaseJourneyEmailPayload } from './base.journey.email.payload';
+import { CommunityInvitationCreatedEmailPayload } from './community.invitation.created.email.payload';
 
 export interface CommunityInvitationVirtualContributorCreatedEmailPayload
-  extends BaseJourneyEmailPayload {
-  inviter: {
-    name: string;
-    firstName: string;
-    url: string;
-  };
+  extends CommunityInvitationCreatedEmailPayload {
   virtualContributor: {
     name: string;
     url: string;
diff --git a/service/src/services/domain/builders/community-invitation-virtual-contributor-created/community.invitation.virtual.contributor.created.notification.builder.ts b/service/src/services/domain/builders/community-invitation-virtual-contributor-created/community.invitation.virtual.contributor.created.notification.builder.ts
index 91cd7e6b..f358b637 100644
--- a/service/src/services/domain/builders/community-invitation-virtual-contributor-created/community.invitation.virtual.contributor.created.notification.builder.ts
+++ b/service/src/services/domain/builders/community-invitation-virtual-contributor-created/community.invitation.virtual.contributor.created.notification.builder.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ export class CommunityInvitationVirtualContributorCreatedNotificationBuilder
       inviter: {
         firstName: inviter.firstName,
         name: inviter.profile.displayName,
-        url: inviter.profile.url,
+        profile: inviter.profile.url,
+        email: inviter.email,
       },
       recipient: {
         firstName: recipient.firstName,
@@ -90,6 +91,8 @@ export class CommunityInvitationVirtualContributorCreatedNotificationBuilder
       platform: {
         url: eventPayload.platform.url,
       },
+      welcomeMessage: eventPayload.welcomeMessage,
+      spaceAdminURL: eventPayload.space.adminURL,
     };
   }
 }
diff --git a/service/src/templates/community.invitation.created.vc.host.js b/service/src/templates/community.invitation.created.vc.host.js
index 684ee8fb..51835abc 100644
--- a/service/src/templates/community.invitation.created.vc.host.js
+++ b/service/src/templates/community.invitation.created.vc.host.js
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ module.exports = () => ({
       html: `{% extends "src/templates/_layouts/email-transactional.html" %}
         {% block content %}Hi {{recipient.firstName}},<br>
           <a href="{{inviter.url}}">{{inviter.name}}</a> has invited your Virtual Contributor <a href="{{virtualContributor.url}}">{{virtualContributor.name}}</a> to join <a style="color:#1d384a; text-decoration: none;" href="{{space.url}}">{{space.displayName}}</a>.
+           <br>
+          <pre><i>{{welcomeMessage}}</i></pre>
+          <br>
+          <a class="action-button" href="{{platform.url}}">Please visit the platform to accept or decline</a><br><br>
         {% endblock %}
         ${templates.footerBlock}`,
     },