Company Profile

Urbanwalks develop, produce and offer a wide range of walking, physical activity solutions and consultancy services.

Urbanwalks was founded by people from different backgrounds who have their own experiences and views on how different agencies can work together to produce a unique concept.

Urbanwalks was founded with the aim of getting more people, more active, more often and provide public and private organisations the opportunity to promote, participate and deliver a brand concept around physical activity to the general public no matter what age, gender, fitness level or medical condition.

Urbanwalks was founded and is based in Manchester, England. The company is privately held.

Urbanwalks are:
Justine Dingwall is a qualified exercise specialist with over 18 years experience working in the health, fitness & physical activity field for both the public and private sector at management level. Justine has implemented and delivered a number of health & physical activity programmes & schemes including: GP Referral, Health at Work and Cardiac Rehabilitation in and around Greater Manchester, providing specialist advice to various target groups including older people, ethnic minorities and those with medical conditions. As a registered cardiac rehabilitation phase 4 instructor Justine has worked with various hospital cardiac rehab departments.

Although Justine started off her health & fitness career working for the private sector and as a freelance personal trainer, most of her work experience has been working for the public sector within Sports Development with adults & children for 10 years and then Health Promotion and PCT’s for around 8 years.

Justine has also provided specialist training for various elite sporting organisations for both able-bodied and disabled athletes and is still an active studio-based instructor and personal trainer outside of Urbanwalks.

Colin Anderson is a Graphic Designer with over 25 years experience of working in the Graphic Design, Advertising and IT industries here in the United Kingdom and in Sweden. Colin spent his first 12 years working at two of Scotland's most prestigious Graphic Design companies, then on moving to Sweden he worked first in Advertising then as Graphic Design Team Manager at two large IT / Software Development companies.

At these companies he was responsible for the day-to-day running of the design departments as well as providing creative solutions for the company's worldwide client base. Colin has also started his own Graphic Design consultancies in Sweden and in the UK specialising in Corporate Identity and Branding.

As well as spending his time designing, Colin also likes to keep physically active with brisk walking, cycling and playing golf all participated in throughout the year.