Jenny Kartupelis

Jenny Kartupelis started her career in public relations, establishing two consultancies in Cambridge, where she was involved the growth of the ‘Silicon Fen’ area, working with some of the leading technology businesses and their support services. In 1998 she was invited by faith leaders to help set up a regional multifaith body and for her work as its director, she was made an MBE. She is also a Director of the company Faith in Society Ltd., which advises on co-operative work between faith groups, and with public sector bodies.

Since 2014, Jenny has given much of her time to researching and writing on the care of older people, being given access to visit and interview in a wide variety of charitable, private and Local Authority care settings. Her work has resulted in two published books (2018 and 2021) about the theory and practice of relational care, a concept which she has developed over the last ten years. Her work in this respect has been the subject of an Open University research project into the conditions that promote its benefits, the findings of which were launched in 2023. Jenny is a Visiting Fellow at The Open University and is now working with its academic team to promote the value and implementation of relational care across the sector through consultation, publicity and policy engagement.

Jenny lives in the Peak District with her husband Trevor, with whom she enjoys walking and travelling; and her labradoodle Joy, who shares her enthusiasm for open water swimming.