The star has given the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound award cash to the MVT, which works to preserve the Britain's grassroots live music spots.
The star was presented with the award on October 16 as his third album the album was chosen as the outstanding release of the previous year.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the crucial part grassroots venues fulfilled in his early career.
"I wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the shows I played around the North East, and beyond, when I was beginning," remarked the artist. "These locations are iconic, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these venues have permanently closed – roughly 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports local stages.
Fender also joined in, collecting more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to help numerous local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation helped locations that were facing imminent closure due to issues arising from floods, blazes and bereavements, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces obtained funding support in upgrading infrastructure and gear that directly benefitted artists and audiences.
"The notion that money from concerts in large arenas backs the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
Fender is among several artists to give his award winnings to worthy causes.
In the band won the trophy in the year 1996 for their record the album, lead singer Cocker stated that the band would give their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, musician Ms Dynamite split her award across a few good causes, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also contributed a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," the artist told a publication.
In recent years, they gave their funds to the youth organization that nurtured their group, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally the 1994 recipients M People contributed their prize to a MS organization after a close contact was diagnosed the illness.
"Receiving the award was ample," remarked artist Small. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the honor. So our success impacted another person's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had protected a couple of small stages in that region, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The Joiners in the city and The Croft in the city were bought under the community ownership program, which is backed by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who purchase "ownership units" in the properties.
