The artist has handed over the entirety of his £25k award winnings to the trust for venues, which works to preserve the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
Fender was presented with the award on mid-October as his latest record the album was declared the outstanding release of the past year.
He has opted to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the vital role grassroots venues had in his initial steps.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing this success if it hadn't been for all the gigs I played around the region, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," stated Sam Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these venues have permanently closed – about 16% of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, top acts including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by including a modest fee to their ticket costs, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also participated, generating over £100k on his live tour to assist numerous grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money assisted spaces that were confronting potential shutdown due to difficulties arising from floods, blazes and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces obtained financial assistance in improving infrastructure and gear that helped musicians and audiences.
"The idea that funds from concerts in big venues backs the local stages, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has commented.
He is among several artists to give his honor funds to worthy causes.
In the band won the award in the year 1996 for their record Different Class, lead singer Cocker stated that the band would contribute their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, artist Ms Dynamite divided her award between a few good causes, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also contributed a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they required updated gear," she told outlets.
In recent years, the band gave their funds to the community center that nurtured their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
And winners that year they contributed their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was diagnosed the disease.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," said vocalist the singer. "The cash was the extra but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our victory impacted another person's life."
Last week, the MVT shared it had protected a couple of small stages in that region, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The Joiners in the city and The Croft in the city were acquired under the community ownership initiative, which is supported by Arts Council England and supporters who buy "stakes" in the buildings.
