The star has given the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound award winnings to the MVT, which works to preserve the UK's grassroots music venues.
The star was given the award on mid-October as his latest record his work was declared the best record of the previous year.
The musician has decided to donate the funds to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the essential function small stages played in his initial steps.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the shows I played around the North East, and beyond, when I was just getting going," said Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these locations have ceased operations – about 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, major artists such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by adding a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help local stages.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting over £100k on his recent tour to support numerous grassroots venues across Britain.
The donation helped venues that were facing possible closure due to issues stemming from floods, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Some locations were granted monetary aid in improving infrastructure and gear that helped musicians and audiences.
"The concept that funds from concerts in big venues helps the local stages, where it begins for performers like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has stated.
He is among several artists to donate his honor funds to worthy causes.
When they earned the prize in 1996 for their record the album, vocalist Cocker declared that the group would give their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, artist Ms Dynamite shared her award between multiple charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I gave a grand to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked new equipment," she explained to outlets.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective donated their funds to the community center that supported their band, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year M People donated their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was identified with the illness.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," stated artist the singer. "The money was the bonus but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our success affected another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had protected several grassroots venues in that region, by transferring them to community ownership.
The first in the city and the second in Bristol were acquired under the public acquisition initiative, which is funded by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who acquire "ownership units" in the buildings.
