The artist has handed over the full amount of his £25,000 honor winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to preserve the Britain's grassroots music venues.
Fender was given the award on mid-October as his third album his work was declared the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
Fender has decided to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role small stages played in his initial steps.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the shows I played around the area, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," remarked Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these spaces have shut down – roughly one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, well-known musicians like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a modest fee to their ticket prices, which supports smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also took part, generating more than £100,000 on his recent tour to help 38 grassroots venues across the UK.
The donation assisted locations that were dealing with potential shutdown due to challenges stemming from water damage, fires and personal losses, as well as permit problems, court cases and sound issues.
Other venues were granted funding support in improving infrastructure and gear that helped musicians and audiences.
"The idea that revenue from shows in big venues supports the smaller venues, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has stated.
Fender is far from the only musician to contribute his award winnings to good deeds.
When they received the trophy in the year 1996 for their album their work, vocalist Jarvis Cocker stated that the band would contribute their prize money to the charity the charity.
That year, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite divided her prize among a few charities, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they needed updated gear," she explained to the media.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective gave their funds to the community center that supported their band, as well as other independent music bodies.
Additionally the 1994 recipients M People contributed their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was diagnosed the disease.
"Winning was sufficient," stated vocalist Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our victory touched the lives of others."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had protected a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by transferring them to local control.
The first in Southampton and the other in Bristol were acquired under the public acquisition initiative, which is funded by Arts Council England and supporters who acquire "stakes" in the venues.
