Sainsbury's in Oxford Road, Banbury, will be raising money for Sport Relief on Saturday March 15.

Staff at the store will spend the day in fancy dress and a range of competitions, raffles and games will be organised to raise funds for the charity.

The competitions include encouraging customers to don fancy dress costumes and compete for a bottle of champagne which will be awarded to the winner.

Duty manager Paul Lord said: "Sainsbury's is the official supermarket for Sport Relief and although we are selling the merchandise, we wanted to add to the money by having an activity day.

"We are trying to raise as much money as possible. We have got more than 300 colleagues and if we think of that as about £5 per person we will raise quite a bit and would like customers to boost that further. We're encouraging shoppers to get involved in all sorts of activities which will be going on during the day."

As well as the fancy dress contest, customers can buy tickets for a raffle, play on a bouncy castle or take part in a Beat the Goalie competition.

Or for those who would like to make a more basic donation, buckets will be placed at the end of checkouts for customers to donate their loose change.

Behind the scenes, staff will also be raising funds with cake sales and a competition to guess the weight of personnel manager Clare Brande's imminent baby.

Colleagues will also take part in the Sport Relief Mile by walking the distance around the car park.

Sports Relief is a charity which raises funds for communities in the poorest parts of the world.