The star has handed over the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound award winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to preserve the United Kingdom's independent music venues.
He was given the prize on mid-October as his new release the album was named the best record of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to give the cash to the trust, in recognition of the vital role local spots played in his beginning days.
"I couldn't be pursuing my current career if it weren't for all the gigs I played around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," stated Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these locations have shut down – about 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Recently, well-known musicians including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to support the industry, by including a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help independent venues.
Sam Fender also participated, generating over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to assist numerous grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds supported locations that were confronting possible closure due to difficulties stemming from flooding, fires and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces received monetary aid in upgrading amenities and technical equipment that positively impacted performers and audiences.
"The notion that funds from shows in major spaces backs the independent spots, where it begins for artists like me, is just sensible," Fender has stated.
He is among several artists to contribute his honor winnings to charitable organizations.
When the band earned the prize in the mid-90s for their release Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker announced that the act would contribute their cash to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, musician the artist split her award among multiple good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I donated a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they needed better apparatus," Ms Dynamite explained to the media.
Previously, they donated their prize money to the local youth club that nurtured their act, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally 1994 winners they contributed their winnings to a MS organization after a close contact was found to have the condition.
"Winning was ample," said artist the singer. "The money was the bonus but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the honor. So our winning touched another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had rescued two small stages in south-east England, by bringing them into community ownership.
The Joiners in Southampton and the other in that location were purchased under the community ownership program, which is backed by a national body and supporters who acquire "shares" in the buildings.
