The artist has handed over the complete sum of his £25,000 honor winnings to the MVT, which functions to save the Britain's independent concert spaces.
The star was presented with the award on mid-October as his new release People Watching was named the top album of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to give the cash to the trust, in appreciation of the essential function grassroots venues played in his initial steps.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it hadn't been for all the performances I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," stated Sam Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these venues have ceased operations – approximately 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, well-known musicians such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which goes to help local stages.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across the UK.
These funds assisted venues that were facing imminent closure due to issues arising from floods, fires and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and noise complaints.
Some locations were granted funding support in modernizing amenities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and audiences.
"The notion that funds from performances in major spaces supports the local stages, where it begins for musicians like me, is just sensible," the star has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to give his award funds to worthy causes.
In Pulp earned the prize in the mid-90s for their release Different Class, lead singer the singer announced that the act would give their cash to the charity the charity.
In 2002, musician she shared her award among a few organizations, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I contributed a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked new equipment," the artist explained to a publication.
In recent years, Ezra Collective donated their funds to the youth organization that developed their group, alongside other independent music bodies.
Additionally 1994 winners they donated their prize to a charity for MS after a close contact was identified with the disease.
"Winning was quite enough," remarked singer the singer. "The prize was the extra but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our winning touched the lives of others."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had protected a couple of local spots in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in the city and The Croft in Bristol were acquired under the community ownership initiative, which is supported by a national body and enthusiasts who buy "shares" in the buildings.
