The artist has given the complete sum of his £25k award prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the Britain's grassroots concert spaces.
He was presented with the prize on mid-October as his latest record his work was named the top album of the previous year.
Fender has decided to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the essential function local spots played in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the shows I played around the region, and further afield, when I was beginning," stated the artist. "These venues are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these locations have permanently closed – approximately one-sixth of the total UK scene.
In the last year, top acts like the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also joined in, generating over £100k on his recent tour to help numerous grassroots venues across Britain.
The money helped venues that were confronting imminent closure due to challenges arising from flooding, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Other venues were granted monetary aid in improving infrastructure and gear that directly benefitted performers and audiences.
"The concept that revenue from shows in major spaces helps the smaller venues, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just sensible," the star has stated.
He is not the first artist to contribute his honor winnings to charitable organizations.
When they earned the prize in 1996 for their release Different Class, vocalist Cocker announced that the band would donate their prize money to the charity War Child.
That year, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite shared her prize across multiple organizations, like the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also contributed a grand to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked new equipment," Ms Dynamite explained to a publication.
In recent years, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the youth organization that supported their group, alongside other local music groups.
And the 1994 recipients they donated their winnings to a MS organization after a close contact was diagnosed the condition.
"Winning was quite enough," said singer the singer. "The cash was the bonus but we could do without the cherry, because we had the honor. So our winning touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust shared it had rescued several local spots in that region, by placing them under public stewardship.
The Joiners in Southampton and the other in Bristol were acquired under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is funded by the arts council and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
