The star has handed over the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound honor cash to the MVT, which operates to preserve the UK's independent live music spots.
Fender was awarded the prize on October 16 as his third album the album was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the crucial part local spots played in his initial steps.
"I couldn't be pursuing this success if it wasn't for all the shows I performed around the region, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," stated Sam Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, major artists like Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by including a modest fee to their ticket prices, which goes to help local stages.
He also participated, collecting over £100k on his live tour to help thirty-eight local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money assisted venues that were confronting imminent closure due to issues caused by floods, blazes and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, conflicts and noise complaints.
Additional spaces were granted financial assistance in upgrading infrastructure and technical equipment that helped musicians and concertgoers.
"The notion that funds from concerts in big venues supports the smaller venues, where it begins for musicians like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has stated.
Fender is far from the only musician to contribute his honor winnings to charitable organizations.
In they won the award in the year 1996 for their release their work, frontman Cocker declared that the group would give their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, artist she divided her award between multiple good causes, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also donated a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they needed better apparatus," the artist shared with a publication.
In recent years, Ezra Collective gave their prize money to the community center that nurtured their group, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Also 1994 winners the group contributed their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was found to have the disease.
"Receiving the award was ample," remarked artist Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our success affected the lives of others."
In the past week, the trust announced it had saved two grassroots venues in the South East, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in Southampton and the second in the city were acquired under the public acquisition scheme, which is supported by Arts Council England and music fans who buy "shares" in the properties.
