The artist has donated the complete sum of his £25,000 honor winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to save the Britain's grassroots music venues.
Fender was given the award on October 16 as his latest record his work was named the outstanding release of the previous year.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role local spots fulfilled in his initial steps.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the North East, and further afield, when I was beginning," stated Sam Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these locations have shut down – approximately 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, well-known musicians such as Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which benefits independent venues.
He also joined in, collecting over £100k on his live tour to help 38 grassroots venues across Britain.
These funds helped venues that were confronting potential shutdown due to issues stemming from water damage, fires and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and sound issues.
Additional spaces received funding support in improving facilities and gear that helped performers and fans.
"The idea that money from concerts in big venues backs the smaller venues, where it all starts for performers like me, is just logical," Fender has said.
He is far from the only musician to give his award prize money to good deeds.
Back when they won the award in the year 1996 for their album the album, frontman Cocker stated that the act would contribute their prize money to the charity War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer she divided her bounty among several organizations, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I donated a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," she told a publication.
In recent years, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the youth organization that supported their act, as well as other local music groups.
And the 1994 recipients the group contributed their prize to a MS organization after a close contact was found to have the condition.
"Winning was quite enough," remarked artist Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted the lives of others."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had saved two small stages in that region, by transferring them to local control.
The Joiners in the city and the other in Bristol were acquired under the community ownership scheme, which is funded by Arts Council England and supporters who purchase "shares" in the properties.
