Anneliese Bates with a bar created from an old piano.
Encore Reuse operates from Henmore Trading Estate, in Mayfield Road, and recycles old furniture, stopping it from going to landfill or from being dumped.
Good-quality furniture and household goods, which are donated, are sold in the warehouse.
But the charity makes itself sustainable by running an upcycling shop, located within the premises, called Vintage Green.