The Scottish National Federation for the Welfare of the Blind (SNFWB) was formed in 1917 as a link between institutions and societies for the blind (originally known as the Scottish National Federation of Institutions and Societies for the Blind). It brought together the organisations for the “out-door blind” (the societies), and the “in-door blind” (the workshops) and originally had thirteen members including the Royal Blind Asylum and School Edinburgh and the Edinburgh and South-East Scotland Society for Teaching the Blind to Read. It is now known as the Scottish Council on Visual Impairment (SCOVI). Some of the earlier reports are found within the volumes GD52/1/1//4-8.