The artist has given the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound honor winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to save the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was presented with the cheque on 16 October as his new release his work was named the outstanding release of the previous year.
Fender has decided to donate the funds to the MVT, in recognition of the vital role local spots played in his initial steps.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing my current career if it wasn't for all the shows I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," said Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these venues have permanently closed – approximately 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, well-known musicians like the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its efforts to help venues survive, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also joined in, raising over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to support numerous grassroots venues across the UK.
The donation assisted locations that were facing possible closure due to challenges stemming from water damage, fires and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Other venues obtained monetary aid in improving infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and fans.
"The idea that funds from performances in large arenas backs the independent spots, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has said.
The musician is not the first artist to contribute his honor funds to charitable organizations.
When the band won the prize in 1996 for their album the album, vocalist the singer announced that the act would contribute their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, musician the artist shared her bounty among a few charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I gave a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked new equipment," Ms Dynamite shared with a publication.
Previously, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the local youth club that developed their group, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
Also winners that year M People gave their award to a MS organization after a friend was found to have the condition.
"Receiving the award was ample," said vocalist the singer. "The prize was the extra but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the honor. So our victory affected somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued a couple of small stages in south-east England, by placing them under local control.
The Joiners in that area and The Croft in the city were acquired under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by the arts council and enthusiasts who buy "ownership units" in the venues.
