The star has handed over the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound honor prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the UK's small music venues.
The star was given the award on 16 October as his new release People Watching was chosen as the top album of the past year.
He has decided to donate the funds to the trust, in appreciation of the crucial part grassroots venues had in his early career.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing this success if it wasn't for all the performances I did around the region, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," stated the artist. "These venues are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – about 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Recently, well-known musicians including Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the trust in its attempts to support the industry, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which benefits independent venues.
Sam Fender also participated, raising over £100k on his recent tour to support thirty-eight local spots across the UK.
The money helped locations that were facing potential shutdown due to difficulties arising from flooding, fires and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, court cases and sound issues.
Other venues were granted funding support in improving infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that helped artists and audiences.
"The concept that money from performances in big venues supports the local stages, where it begins for artists like me, is just logical," Fender has commented.
He is far from the only musician to give his award funds to charitable organizations.
When Pulp earned the prize in the year 1996 for their album the album, lead singer the singer declared that the band would donate their winnings to the charity the charity.
That year, rapper and singer the artist split her prize among several charities, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I donated a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked better apparatus," Ms Dynamite told outlets.
Two years ago, they donated their winnings to the community center that nurtured their group, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Also 1994 winners the group gave their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the condition.
"Receiving the award was ample," remarked singer Heather Small. "The cash was the extra but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our winning touched another person's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had protected several local spots in that region, by placing them under public stewardship.
One venue in the city and the other in Bristol were acquired under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is supported by a national body and music fans who buy "shares" in the buildings.
