The artist has donated the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to save the United Kingdom's grassroots music venues.
Fender was presented with the award on October 16 as his third album People Watching was declared the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
He has chosen to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the vital role small stages played in his initial steps.
"I couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the shows I did around the region, and further afield, when I was starting out," stated the artist. "These locations are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – approximately 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, top acts such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by adding a modest fee to their ticket prices, which goes to help local stages.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to help 38 local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation helped locations that were confronting imminent closure due to issues arising from floods, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and sound issues.
Additional spaces received funding support in improving amenities and technical equipment that helped artists and audiences.
"The notion that money from shows in major spaces helps the smaller venues, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has commented.
Fender is among several artists to give his award funds to good deeds.
When they received the award in the year 1996 for their release their work, lead singer the singer declared that the group would contribute their prize money to the organization War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer the artist divided her bounty across several organizations, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also contributed a £1,000 to the center, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked new equipment," Ms Dynamite shared with a publication.
Previously, the band contributed their prize money to the local youth club that developed their act, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Also the 1994 recipients M People gave their prize to a charity for MS after a friend was diagnosed the illness.
"The victory was sufficient," stated singer Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we could do without the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our winning affected the lives of others."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued several local spots in south-east England, by placing them under public stewardship.
The first in the city and the other in Bristol were purchased under the public acquisition program, which is backed by Arts Council England and music fans who acquire "ownership units" in the buildings.
