The star has given the entirety of his £25,000 honor prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was presented with the prize on 16 October as his third album the album was named the best record of the past year.
He has chosen to give the cash to the trust, in recognition of the essential function local spots played in his initial steps.
"I personally wouldn't be doing this success if it wasn't for all the shows I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," stated Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these venues have ceased operations – about 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, top acts like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by applying a modest fee to their ticket prices, which goes to help independent venues.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting over £100k on his live tour to assist numerous local spots across the UK.
The money helped locations that were confronting potential shutdown due to difficulties arising from water damage, fires and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces were granted monetary aid in improving facilities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted musicians and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from concerts in large arenas supports the independent spots, where it begins for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has stated.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his award funds to charitable organizations.
When Pulp won the award in the mid-90s for their record their work, frontman Jarvis Cocker announced that the act would give their winnings to the charity War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer the artist divided her award between multiple good causes, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I contributed a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed new equipment," the artist explained to the media.
Previously, the band gave their funds to the community center that nurtured their group, alongside other independent music bodies.
And the 1994 recipients the group gave their winnings to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was identified with the condition.
"Winning was ample," remarked vocalist Small. "The prize was the extra but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the honor. So our winning touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the MVT shared it had rescued two small stages in south-east England, by transferring them to community ownership.
One venue in the city and the other in the city were bought under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who acquire "stakes" in the properties.
