The artist has donated the complete sum of his £25,000 honor cash to the MVT, which functions to save the United Kingdom's grassroots live music spots.
Fender was given the cheque on October 16 as his third album the album was chosen as the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
Fender has chosen to hand the money over to the MVT, in recognition of the crucial part grassroots venues fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the performances I played around the North East, and further afield, when I was starting out," remarked Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these venues have permanently closed – approximately 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, top acts like Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by including a modest fee to their admission fees, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also took part, collecting over £100k on his recent tour to assist 38 small stages across the UK.
The donation helped venues that were confronting imminent closure due to issues caused by flooding, blazes and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and sound issues.
Other venues were granted funding support in modernizing amenities and technical equipment that positively impacted musicians and fans.
"The concept that money from performances in big venues supports the independent spots, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
Fender is far from the only musician to contribute his award winnings to charitable organizations.
In they earned the prize in the year 1996 for their release Different Class, frontman the singer stated that the band would contribute their cash to the organization War Child.
That year, artist she divided her award among several charities, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also contributed a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required updated gear," the artist shared with a publication.
In recent years, they gave their prize money to the youth organization that supported their group, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
Also 1994 winners the group contributed their prize to a MS organization after a close contact was found to have the illness.
"Winning was ample," stated vocalist Small. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't require the extra, because we had the honor. So our victory affected the lives of others."
Last week, the trust revealed it had saved several local spots in that region, by placing them under public stewardship.
The first in that area and the second in Bristol were purchased under the public acquisition initiative, which is backed by a national body and music fans who purchase "stakes" in the venues.
