The Scouts has appointed a woman as its leader for the first time in its 108 year history. Ann Limb, a former civil servant, has been appointed the organisation’s chair. The decision to appoint Ann was taken by the Scouts board of trustees who unanimously agreed the landmark move. Ann, the daughter of a butcher, grew up in Manchester’s infamous Moss Side district. She says her first move will be to grow the numbers of girls and young women in the organisation. Of 500,000 children signed up as Scouts in the UK, only around one fifth are girls.

Skin Conditions Campaign Scotland (SCCS) has appointed Rob Murray to its board of directors. Rob works as the Scotland manager for Changing Faces – a charity which supports people with disfigurements to their faces, hands or body. SCCS lobbies and campaigns for improvements in care for all people with skin conditions. Of his appointment, Rob said: “This is an exciting time of change in the health agenda in Scotland. I am looking forward to working with the team at SCCS to ensure we can push for improvements in care for all people with skin conditions.”

Guide Dogs has appointed Jamie Hambro as the new chair of its board. Jamie, who is the chairman of James Hambro and Partners, took up his appointment on 6 October. He has previously been chairman of the Henry Smith Charity and was deputy chairman at the Peabody Trust. Jamie takes over the role from John Stewart who over the last few years, oversaw significant projects including a collaboration with Vision 2020 and work with Microsoft.