A POP-UP corner shop, a "food surplus cafe" and free table tennis will be put on this week by an Oxford community group trying to raise £25,000.

Volunteer group Sandford Talking Shop is hosting the events and more at Sandford-on-Thames Village Hall on Thursday and Friday, from 10am to 6.30pm both days.

The pop-up corner shop will have everything you would expect from a convenience shop – milk, bread, eggs, washing up liquid and newspapers.

The group is hoping to raise the money to create a permanent, community-run shop at the hall.

They already have £18,200 pledged and are hoping this week's two days of events will generate interest and help raise the remaining £6,800.

This week's pay-what-you-want food surplus cafe will run from 12.30pm both days and there will be free tea and coffee and homemade cake.

Free table tennis sessions will from 3.30pm on Friday, aiming to catch children coming out of school.

Visitors will also be able to meet group members to find out more about their plans.

Sandford Talking Shop was set up five years ago to bring people together in Sandford, Littlemore, Rosehill, Kennington and The Leys.

Members now run a Saturday market and cafe at the village hall, a knit and stitch group on Mondays, a gardening team and community table tennis sessions.

Over the past five years the group has grown from 21 volunteers to more than 80, aged between nine and 90, giving more than 100 hours each week in total.

The group raised the seed funding that enabled the major redevelopment of Sandford Village Hall and the building of a dedicated extension for their projects.

They also pride themselves on offering volunteering and training opportunities to anyone who asks.

The group aims to reduce stigmas associated with mental health problems and create opportunities for people who might struggle in many workplaces.

Talking Shop is trying to secure £25,000 in community funding by July 4 to enable them to set up a convenient corner shop and to open six days a week.

Founder member Abi Johnson said: "This could be a hugely valuable drop-in social hub, reducing social isolation – particularly for vulnerable residents – and offering convenient and affordable shopping.

"But it could also be the means by which our project can secure the long-term future of all of our community activities by generating income through the shop and cafe.

"This week our first aim will be to get the shopping and the conversations started because we hope to get lots of feedback from the community on what they'd want to see on the shelves so that we get it right.

"Hopefully, it will also be an inspiration for more local people and help make this happen."

For more information contact Ms Johnson on contacts.talkingshop@gmail.com or go online to sandfordtalkingshop.org