It costs £400,000 a year to run the Noah's Ark Trust.
The trust has two, three-year funding agreements with True Colours and the National Lottery. All other funding comes from local community fundraising initiatives, schools, local businesses and
donations made by local trusts.
It costs £6,000 to run a residential weekend for children and £2,480 to run a residential weekend for parents.
To put a child through the whole programme, including the residential weekend and one-to-one support costs around £1,000.
To date, the Noah's Ark Trust currently has 100 volunteers.