The star has given the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound honor cash to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to preserve the United Kingdom's small live music spots.
The star was awarded the award on October 16 as his third album his work was named the outstanding release of the past year.
He has opted to donate the funds to the trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I wouldn't be doing this success if it hadn't been for all the performances I performed around the North East, and further afield, when I was just getting going," said the artist. "These locations are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – approximately 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, major artists including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its efforts to support the industry, by including a modest fee to their admission fees, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also took part, collecting more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist numerous grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation helped spaces that were facing potential shutdown due to difficulties caused by water damage, fires and bereavements, as well as permit problems, court cases and neighbor objections.
Other venues received monetary aid in improving infrastructure and gear that helped artists and fans.
"The notion that money from concerts in large arenas helps 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 honor prize money to worthy causes.
When they received the award in the year 1996 for their release the album, frontman Cocker declared that the act would contribute their cash to the charity War Child.
During 2002, musician she split her award among a few charities, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I gave a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," she told outlets.
Previously, the band donated their winnings to the youth organization that supported their group, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally 1994 winners M People contributed their winnings to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was identified with the disease.
"The victory was quite enough," stated artist Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't require the extra, because we had the honor. So our winning affected another person's life."
Recently, the MVT announced it had rescued several local spots in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in Southampton and The Croft in the city were acquired under the community ownership scheme, which is backed by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who buy "ownership units" in the properties.
