The star has given the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound award cash to the MVT, which operates to save the United Kingdom's grassroots concert spaces.
Fender was given the cheque on 16 October as his third album People Watching was declared the best record of the last 12 months.
Fender has decided to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the vital role local spots had in his initial steps.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I did around the area, and further afield, when I was starting out," remarked the artist. "These venues are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have ceased operations – about one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, top acts such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, 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 admission fees, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his live tour to help thirty-eight small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money assisted locations that were dealing with potential shutdown due to difficulties arising from flooding, fires and personal losses, as well as permit problems, court cases and neighbor objections.
Some locations were granted funding support in upgrading facilities and gear that positively impacted musicians and audiences.
"The idea that revenue from shows in big venues backs the local stages, where it all starts for artists like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has commented.
He is among several artists to give his honor winnings to worthy causes.
In the band received the award in 1996 for their album the album, vocalist Cocker stated that the band would give their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
That year, musician she shared her bounty between several good causes, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I contributed a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they needed new equipment," Ms Dynamite told the media.
In recent years, Ezra Collective gave their prize money to the youth organization that developed their band, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Also the 1994 recipients they gave their prize to a MS organization after a friend was diagnosed the condition.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," remarked artist Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't require the extra, because we had the main prize. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the MVT revealed it had saved several local spots in south-east England, by placing them under local control.
One venue in that area and the second in Bristol were acquired under the community ownership scheme, which is supported by a national body and supporters who acquire "stakes" in the venues.
