A new not-for-profit community interest company was set up in 2010 to organise the parade and the making and performance workshops beforehand.
This workshop structure is styled after In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre's MayDay Parade.
In 2012, as a response to the terrible floods in the Calder Valley, to help bring the community together and strengthen local businesses, Handmade Parade teamed up with Totally Locally to create Valley of Lights, a 3-town nighttime extravaganza.
Following on from such an enthusiastic response for a local lantern event, in 2013, Handmade Parade produced the Lamplighter Festival in Todmorden.
Their giant puppets and parade art have also been part of many events such as the Huddersfield Festival of Lights and the opening of the Hepworth Wakefield Gallery.