The star has given the entirety of his £25k honor prize money to the MVT, which functions to save the United Kingdom's independent music venues.
The star was given the cheque on 16 October as his third album the album was declared the top album of the last 12 months.
He has chosen to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the essential function small stages fulfilled in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the region, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," remarked Fender. "These venues are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these locations have ceased operations – approximately 16% of the total UK scene.
Recently, top acts such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its initiatives to support the industry, by adding a small levy to their ticket prices, which supports smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also participated, collecting more than £100,000 on his recent tour to assist thirty-eight small stages across Britain.
The money supported locations that were confronting potential shutdown due to issues caused by water damage, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and noise complaints.
Some locations received monetary aid in modernizing infrastructure and gear that positively impacted musicians and audiences.
"The notion that money from performances in big venues helps the smaller venues, where it begins for artists like me, is just sensible," Fender has said.
The musician is not the first artist to give his award winnings to charitable organizations.
When the band won the prize in the year 1996 for their record their work, frontman Cocker declared that the act would give their cash to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer the artist divided her prize among several good causes, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they needed new equipment," she shared with a publication.
Two years ago, the band donated their prize money to the local youth club that nurtured their group, as well as other independent music bodies.
Additionally the 1994 recipients the group donated their prize to a charity for MS after a friend was found to have the condition.
"Winning was ample," remarked artist the singer. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't need the extra, because we had the cake. So our victory affected the lives of others."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued a couple of local spots in that region, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in that area and the other in Bristol were bought under the community ownership initiative, which is backed by Arts Council England and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the venues.
