The artist has given the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound honor prize money to the MVT, which functions to preserve the United Kingdom's independent live music spots.
He was given the prize on 16 October as his third album the album was declared the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
Fender has decided to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the vital role small stages fulfilled in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it weren't for all the shows I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," remarked Sam Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have shut down – about 16% of the entire UK sector.
Recently, top acts including Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by adding a small levy to their admission fees, which goes to help local stages.
Sam Fender also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist 38 small stages across the UK.
These funds assisted spaces that were dealing with imminent closure due to challenges caused by water damage, fires and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Some locations obtained financial assistance in improving facilities and gear that helped artists and fans.
"The concept that money from performances in large arenas helps the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just logical," Fender has stated.
Fender is far from the only musician to contribute his award winnings to worthy causes.
In the band won the award in 1996 for their record Different Class, vocalist Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would contribute their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, musician Ms Dynamite split her bounty across multiple charities, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also gave a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they required updated gear," the artist shared with the media.
In recent years, the band gave their prize money to the local youth club that developed their band, as well as other independent music bodies.
And winners that year the group gave their winnings to a charity for MS after a close contact was diagnosed the illness.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," stated vocalist Heather Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the honor. So our winning impacted the lives of others."
Recently, the MVT announced it had rescued two grassroots venues in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
One venue in that area and the second in Bristol were acquired under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is backed by the arts council and supporters who purchase "ownership units" in the properties.
