The artist has handed over the full amount of his £25k honor winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which works to save the Britain's independent concert spaces.
The star was awarded the award on mid-October as his latest record his work was declared the outstanding release of the past year.
Fender has opted to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the vital role local spots had in his beginning days.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing my current career if it weren't for all the shows I played around the region, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these locations have shut down – roughly 16% of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, top acts including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a modest fee to their ticket prices, which benefits independent venues.
He also participated, collecting over £100k on his live tour to assist numerous local spots across the UK.
The money helped spaces that were facing imminent closure due to difficulties arising from floods, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and noise complaints.
Other venues obtained monetary aid in modernizing facilities and gear that directly benefitted artists and concertgoers.
"The notion that money from shows in major spaces helps the smaller venues, where it all starts for artists like me, is just logical," Fender has said.
He is not the first artist to contribute his award funds to charitable organizations.
In the band won the trophy in the year 1996 for their album the album, frontman the singer stated that the band would contribute their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, artist she split her bounty between multiple charities, including the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I gave a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they required updated gear," she told a publication.
Previously, Ezra Collective gave their prize money to the youth organization that supported their group, in addition to other independent music bodies.
And winners that year they donated their award to a charity for MS after a friend was diagnosed the condition.
"The victory was sufficient," stated singer Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the honor. So our winning affected somebody else's life."
Last week, the MVT shared it had saved two small stages in south-east England, by bringing them into community ownership.
One venue in that area and the second in the city were purchased under the public acquisition scheme, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the properties.
