The star has donated the complete sum of his £25k honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which works to preserve the Britain's grassroots music venues.
Fender was given the prize on October 16 as his new release his work was named the top album of the previous year.
Fender has opted to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part small stages played in his beginning days.
"I wouldn't be doing this success if it weren't for all the performances I performed around the area, and further afield, when I was beginning," stated Sam Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these locations have shut down – roughly 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, top acts including the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its efforts to help venues survive, by applying a modest fee to their admission fees, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Fender also participated, generating in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to assist 38 local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds helped locations that were confronting potential shutdown due to difficulties stemming from flooding, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Some locations obtained monetary aid in modernizing facilities and gear that helped performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that money from concerts in major spaces supports the local stages, where it begins for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has commented.
Fender is among several artists to donate his honor prize money to good deeds.
Back when Pulp won the award in the year 1996 for their release their work, vocalist Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would contribute their cash to the non-profit the charity.
In 2002, artist Ms Dynamite shared her bounty across a few charities, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I donated a grand to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they needed new equipment," she shared with outlets.
Previously, they donated their prize money to the community center that nurtured their band, in addition to other local music groups.
Also 1994 winners they donated their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was diagnosed the condition.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," remarked artist Heather Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the honor. So our winning impacted another person's life."
Last week, the trust announced it had protected several small stages in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
The first in the city and the other in that location were bought under the public acquisition initiative, which is supported by Arts Council England and supporters who buy "stakes" in the properties.
