The artist has handed over the entirety of his £25,000 honor cash to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to preserve the UK's independent concert spaces.
Fender was presented with the cheque on mid-October as his new release People Watching was declared the best record of the past year.
Fender has chosen to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the vital role local spots fulfilled in his beginning days.
"As an artist would not have achieved my current career if it hadn't been for all the gigs I played around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," remarked the artist. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – approximately 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, well-known musicians including the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which supports smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also participated, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help numerous local spots across Britain.
The money supported venues that were dealing with potential shutdown due to issues stemming from floods, fires and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces received funding support in modernizing infrastructure and gear that positively impacted artists and audiences.
"The notion that funds from shows in major spaces supports the local stages, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just common sense," Fender has stated.
The musician is among several artists to give his honor prize money to charitable organizations.
In Pulp won the award in the year 1996 for their record the album, lead singer Cocker stated that the group would donate their cash to the organization War Child.
During 2002, musician the artist divided her award among multiple good causes, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I gave a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked updated gear," the artist shared with the media.
Previously, they gave their winnings to the community center that nurtured their group, as well as other independent music bodies.
Additionally the 1994 recipients they donated their award to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was identified with the illness.
"Winning was ample," stated singer the singer. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't need the extra, because we had the honor. So our winning impacted another person's life."
Recently, the trust shared it had protected two small stages in that region, by placing them under community ownership.
One venue in Southampton and the other in that location were acquired under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is funded by the arts council and enthusiasts who buy "ownership units" in the properties.
