Having completed the gruelling challenge in 2019, Rod Heald sets out again to accomplish the Red Bull Romaniacs Challenge endurance event to raise money for the charity WomanKind. 

From 26th to 30th July, Rod will be competing in the four-day motorcycle race known as the hardest off-road enduro in the world. The event attracts riders from more than 40 countries, and is located in the Romanian Carpathian mountains meaning the challenge does not come easy due to technically demanding hilly landscapes.

Rod will be raising money for the charity WomanKind, which has been supporting women’s rights organisations and movements for 30 years to secure equal rights for women and girls across the globe. 

Charity fundraising and contributing to positive causes is something Rod, Debbie and the Heald team highly value. Previously Debbie and Rod took on the challenge to cycle 237 miles from Kent to Paris to raise money for two amazing charities, Stem4 and Cancer Research UK. Likewise, over recent years, Debbie and the team at Heald have raised thousands of pounds by taking part in various cycling challenges including a 125-mile ride from Portsmouth to Mont Saint-Michel in France, and more recently completing a bike marathon in 2019 to raise funds for WISHH as part of their COVID-19 fundraising appeal.

Our Managing Director, Debbie Heald MBE comments on the charity event: “Myself, Rod and the whole Heald team incredibly value the importance of contributing to charity organisations. As a business and as individuals it’s important we help wider causes as much as we can. Alongside our passion for charity fundraising, we absolutely love physical sports challenges, so being able to combine this whilst contributing to an amazing cause at the same time is the least we can do to help. 

The Red Bull Romaniacs Challenge is a very tough course and it’s certainly demanding, but I and the Heald team have the utmost confidence that Rod is going to do us proud.”

Rod Heald added: “Redbull Romaniac's is one of the world's hardest enduro events, the track is immense, and the country and people are amazing. 

As a proud father of two girls, I feel strongly about supporting this charity as it provides help, support and education which unites to end violence against women and girls”. 

About WomenKind:

Womankind Worldwide is a global women’s rights organisation working in partnership with women’s movements to transform the lives of women and girls. Together with our partners, we are working towards; an end to all violence against women, women's economic rights and control over resources, and women's equal influence in decision-making and ability to exercise political power. Our vision is of a just world where the rights of all women are respected, valued and realised.