The artist has handed over the entirety of his £25k honor prize money to the trust for venues, which works to protect the United Kingdom's grassroots live music spots.
The star was awarded the award on mid-October as his third album his work was named the best record of the previous year.
He has decided to donate the funds to the MVT, in recognition of the essential function grassroots venues played in his beginning days.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing my current career if it weren't for all the shows I did around the North East, and further afield, when I was starting out," stated the artist. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these venues have shut down – approximately 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, top acts such as Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by including a small levy to their ticket costs, which benefits local stages.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to assist numerous small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds helped venues that were facing possible closure due to issues caused by flooding, blazes and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Some locations obtained monetary aid in upgrading amenities and technical equipment that positively impacted performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that funds from performances in big venues backs the independent spots, where it all starts for performers like me, is just logical," Fender has said.
The musician is among several artists to give his honor funds to worthy causes.
Back when Pulp won the prize in 1996 for their record the album, lead singer the singer stated that the group would donate their cash to the organization War Child.
During 2002, musician she split her award between several organizations, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I donated a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked new equipment," the artist explained to the media.
Two years ago, they contributed their winnings to the community center that developed their group, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year M People contributed their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was diagnosed the condition.
"The victory was quite enough," remarked artist Heather Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our winning affected somebody else's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust shared it had protected a couple of local spots in the South East, by placing them under community ownership.
One venue in the city and the other in Bristol were bought under the community ownership initiative, which is backed by the arts council and enthusiasts who acquire "stakes" in the venues.
