The artist has handed over the full amount of his £25,000 award cash to the MVT, which functions to protect the United Kingdom's grassroots music venues.
The star was awarded the cheque on mid-October as his third album People Watching was declared the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the MVT, in appreciation of the vital role small stages played in his beginning days.
"As an artist would not have achieved what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the shows I performed around the region, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," stated the artist. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – about one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, well-known musicians including Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by including a small levy to their ticket costs, which benefits local stages.
Sam Fender also took part, collecting over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to assist 38 local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money assisted locations that were confronting imminent closure due to challenges arising from floods, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Some locations were granted funding support in improving infrastructure and technical equipment that directly benefitted artists and fans.
"The notion that funds from performances in major spaces helps the smaller venues, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just common sense," Fender has stated.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his honor funds to worthy causes.
In Pulp won the award in 1996 for their album the album, vocalist Jarvis Cocker declared that the act would contribute their prize money to the organization War Child.
In 2002, artist she split her award between several organizations, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I contributed a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," the artist shared with outlets.
Two years ago, they donated their prize money to the community center that developed their group, alongside other local music groups.
Additionally 1994 winners they gave their prize to a MS organization after a close contact was diagnosed the disease.
"The victory was quite enough," remarked artist the singer. "The money was the bonus but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the cake. So our winning impacted another person's life."
Last week, the trust shared it had saved several grassroots venues in that region, by transferring them to community ownership.
One venue in the city and the second in Bristol were purchased under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is funded by a national body and music fans who acquire "shares" in the buildings.
