The star has handed over the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound award prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which works to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots concert spaces.
He was given the prize on October 16 as his new release the album was named the best record of the last 12 months.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role local spots fulfilled in his early career.
"I couldn't be pursuing this success if it hadn't been for all the gigs I performed around the region, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," remarked the artist. "These spaces are iconic, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these locations have ceased operations – about one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, well-known musicians like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its initiatives to help venues survive, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which supports smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also participated, raising over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to help numerous local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds helped locations that were facing possible closure due to challenges arising from water damage, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Some locations were granted funding support in improving infrastructure and technical equipment that helped artists and audiences.
"The idea that revenue from performances in large arenas supports the local stages, where it all starts for artists like me, is just sensible," Fender has said.
Fender is not the first artist to give his honor prize money to worthy causes.
In the band received the prize in 1996 for their album the album, vocalist the singer announced that the band would contribute their cash to the organization War Child.
In 2002, artist Ms Dynamite split her bounty across a few organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also gave a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they required new equipment," the artist shared with the media.
In recent years, the band donated their prize money to the local youth club that nurtured their band, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally 1994 winners they gave their award to a charity for MS after a friend was identified with the disease.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," said singer the singer. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the honor. So our success affected another person's life."
Recently, the MVT shared it had saved several local spots in that region, by placing them under public stewardship.
The first in the city and the other in the city were acquired under the community ownership program, which is funded by Arts Council England and supporters who purchase "stakes" in the properties.
