The star has handed over the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound honor winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to protect the United Kingdom's grassroots live music spots.
The star was given the award on mid-October as his third album his work was chosen as the top album of the past year.
Fender has chosen to give the cash to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the crucial part grassroots venues played in his initial steps.
"I would not have achieved my current career if it wasn't for all the shows I did around the North East, and further afield, when I was beginning," remarked Sam Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly 16% of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, top acts such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by adding a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which goes to help local stages.
Fender also took part, collecting over £100k on his recent tour to assist thirty-eight local spots across Britain.
The money assisted locations that were confronting possible closure due to issues arising from flooding, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Other venues were granted financial assistance in modernizing amenities and technical equipment that positively impacted performers and audiences.
"The idea that funds from performances in major spaces backs the local stages, where it begins for performers like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
Fender is far from the only musician to contribute his award prize money to worthy causes.
Back when the band won the trophy in the mid-90s for their album their work, frontman the singer declared that the band would give their cash to the organization the charity.
During 2002, musician she shared her prize among several good causes, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also gave a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they required updated gear," the artist shared with a publication.
In recent years, the band contributed their winnings to the local youth club that developed their group, as well as other independent music bodies.
And winners that year M People donated their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was diagnosed the condition.
"The victory was quite enough," remarked vocalist Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the cake. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust shared it had saved a couple of local spots in that region, by bringing them into local control.
One venue in the city and the second in that location were purchased under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is funded by a national body and enthusiasts who buy "ownership units" in the properties.
