The star has handed over the complete sum of his £25k award cash to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to preserve the United Kingdom's small music venues.
He was awarded the prize on mid-October as his third album the album was chosen as the top album of the previous year.
The musician has opted to hand the money over to the trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part grassroots venues fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it hadn't been for all the shows I performed around the area, and further afield, when I was starting out," said the artist. "These locations are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – approximately 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, well-known musicians such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its attempts to help venues survive, by including a modest fee to their ticket costs, which benefits local stages.
Sam Fender also participated, generating more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist 38 local spots across Britain.
The money assisted locations that were confronting potential shutdown due to issues stemming from flooding, blazes and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces received monetary aid in upgrading infrastructure and gear that positively impacted performers and fans.
"The concept that revenue from performances in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it begins for performers like me, is just logical," Fender has stated.
Fender is not the first artist to contribute his award prize money to charitable organizations.
When the band earned the award in the mid-90s for their album Different Class, frontman Cocker stated that the band would give their winnings to the non-profit the charity.
During 2002, artist she shared her prize across a few charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I donated a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they required new equipment," Ms Dynamite explained to the media.
In recent years, the band contributed their funds to the community center that nurtured their group, as well as other local music groups.
Additionally winners that year the group donated their prize to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the illness.
"Winning was sufficient," remarked vocalist Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we could do without the bonus, because we had the honor. So our winning touched the lives of others."
Recently, the MVT revealed it had saved several small stages in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
One venue in that area and The Croft in Bristol were purchased under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by a national body and enthusiasts who purchase "ownership units" in the properties.
