diff --git a/app/src/frontend/building/sidebar.css b/app/src/frontend/building/sidebar.css
index 75b209b9..5ee3f8d7 100644
--- a/app/src/frontend/building/sidebar.css
+++ b/app/src/frontend/building/sidebar.css
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
 .section-body {
     margin-top: 0.75em;
     padding: 0 0.75em 5em 0.75em;
-    min-height: 100vh;
+    min-height: 80vh;
 }
 .data-section .h3 {
     margin: 0;
diff --git a/app/src/frontend/pages/welcome.css b/app/src/frontend/pages/welcome.css
index cc53043e..459eebdf 100644
--- a/app/src/frontend/pages/welcome.css
+++ b/app/src/frontend/pages/welcome.css
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
  * Welcome jumbotron
  */
 .welcome.section-body {
-    padding-bottom: 1rem;
+    padding-bottom: 0;
 }
diff --git a/app/src/frontend/pages/welcome.tsx b/app/src/frontend/pages/welcome.tsx
index 77296a2e..a51c3544 100644
--- a/app/src/frontend/pages/welcome.tsx
+++ b/app/src/frontend/pages/welcome.tsx
@@ -6,28 +6,32 @@ import './welcome.css';
 const Welcome = () => (
     <div className="section-body welcome">
         <h1 className="h2">Welcome to Colouring London!</h1>
+        <p>
+
+            We collect and provide open data about buildings.
+
+        </p>
         <p>
 
             Colouring London is a knowledge exchange platform set up by University College
-            London to help make the city more sustainable. It provides open statistical data
-            on the characteristics of the city's buildings and on the dynamic behaviour of the
-            stock. We're working to collate, collect, generate, verify over fifty types of
-            data and to visualise many of these datasets.
+            London. It provides open statistical data about the city's buildings and the
+            dynamic behaviour of the stock. We're working to collate, collect, generate,
+            verify over fifty types of data and to visualise many of these datasets.
 
         </p>
         <p>
 
             Our information comes from many different sources. As we are unable to vouch for
-            data accuracy, we are currently experimenting with a range of features including
-            'data source', 'edit history', and 'entry verification', to assist you in checking
-            reliability and judging how suitable the data are for your intended use. Your help
+            data accuracy, we are experimenting with how to present data sources, how data
+            are edited over time, and how to ask for data verification, to help you to check
+            reliability and judge how suitable the data are for your intended use. Your help
             in checking and adding data is very much appreciated.
 
         </p>
         <p>
 
             All data we collect are made <Link to="/data-extracts.html">openly
-            available</Link>. We just ask you to credit Colouring London and read our <a
+            available</Link>. We ask you to credit Colouring London and read our <a
             href="https://www.pages.colouring.london/data-ethics">data ethics policy</a> when
             using or sharing our data, maps or <a
             href="https://github.com/colouring-london/colouring-london">code</a>.