Bright sparks Jim and Sally Thompson are known across Hong Kong for their infectious positivity and boundless energy in everything from business to fitness to philanthropy. It was a sheer delight, therefore, for Barrie C Goodridge, CEO of Edipresse Media Asia and publisher of the Tatler stable of magazines in the region, to announce Jim as the recipient of the prestigious Diamond Award at this year’s Hong Kong Tatler Ball.

The gong came with HK$100,000 from the Tatler vault to put towards a charity of the Crown Worldwide chairman’s choice. Jim nominated the Society for the Promotion of Hospice Care (SPHC), which is fitting out a new hospice in Sha Tin. “We’ve always admired how Jim and Sally have tirelessly supported hospice care, from organising the annual Light Up A Life Christmas concert, to leading the physical challenge that is Hike for Hospice,” Goodridge said.

The donation is just part of the fundraising work Edipresse Media Asia does throughout the region via its various Tatler editions. In May, Malaysia Tatler, in partnership with The Melium Group, raised HK$7.5 million for 12 different causes via a charity auction. The magazine also helped Estée Lauder raise HK$1.36 million for breast cancer research at the Pink Ribbon Charity Ball. In August, Edipresse Media Malaysia helped raise more than HK$870,000 for Big Hearts For Little Hearts, an organisation that helps children with congenital heart disease.

Philippine Tatler helped raise more than HK$1 million for the Virlanie Foundation at its Tatler Ball this year.  The foundation provides medical care, education and housing for street children. In 2013, Philippine Tatler raised more than HK$700,000 for recovery efforts after Typhoon Haiyan. Known in the Philippines as Typhoon Yolanda it was one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded and devastated parts of the Philippines.

Through various fundraising events, Thailand Tatler supported the Queen Sirikit Centre for Breast Cancer, the Chitralada Vocational School and the Kamlangjai Project—an initiative that helps women in prison. Singapore Tatler, too, threw its weight behind a range of charities, including the Red Cross, the Singapore Eye Research Institute, the Breast Cancer Foundation and the Bone Marrow Donor Programme.

“The Edipresse Media family firmly believes in giving back and we hope, through initiatives like these, that we can make a difference in our local communities,” Goodridge said in handing over the cheque at the SPHC headquarters.