Frances Batty Shand (c.1815–1885) was an early charitable activist in Cardiff, Wales.
[1] With the help of money inherited from her father, Shand founded the Association for Improving the Social and Working Conditions of the Blind[5] (which became Cardiff Institute for the Blind) in April 1865.
The Association initially helped five blind men set up basket-making workshops.
[6] She died in Switzerland in 1885, though her body was returned to Cardiff for burial at Allensbank Cemetery.
[2] In 1953 it moved to a new purpose built four storey building on Newport Road, Cardiff, which was named Shand House in her honour in 1984.