The family of murdered schoolgirl Alice Gross are set to part in a fundraiser for East Sheen-based charity Missing People.

Ros Hodgkiss and Nina Gross, Alice’s mother and sister, will run in the national charity’s annual Miles for Missing Children run on Sunday, September 25 in Clapham Common, just over two years after her disappearance.

Ms Hodgkiss paid tribute to the charity, describing Missing People as invaluable during the period when her daughter went missing.

Ms Hodgkiss said: “They were there to help with a poster and awareness campaign and with telephone and personal support.

“By taking part in Miles for Missing Children for this very worthy cause, you’ll be helping other families and missing people to get the support they need.”

Now in its sixth year, the proceeds of this year’s run will go towards the charity’s ambitious new campaign ‘Find Every Child’, which aims to reach all of the 140,000 children who go missing each year in the UK by 2022.

Previous participants in the event include Kate and Gerry McCann, the parents of Madeleine McCann and Paul Jones, the father of April Jones, who was abducted and murdered in 2012.

Many families who have a missing loved one take part, wearing a poster appeal for their family member on the back of their running vest.

Missing People’s chief executive, Jo Youle said: “We’re thrilled to see our flagship annual fundraiser ‘Miles’ go from strength to strength.

“This year proceeds will go to our new campaign Find Every Child, our largest public appeal for funds yet.

“Our vision is that every missing child is found safe and with your help we can achieve this.”

Missing People, established in 1993, provides practical and emotional support to missing people and their families via its 24-hour helpline.

In July co-founder Janet Newman, who re-mortgaged her house to set up the charity, passed away, drawing tributes from some of the thousands of families her foundation helped.

Ms Newman and her sister, Mary Asprey, started the National Missing Persons Helpline in response to the mysterious disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh in Fulham in 1986.