The artist has donated the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to preserve the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
He was awarded the prize on mid-October as his new release People Watching was chosen as the top album of the past year.
The musician has opted to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the vital role grassroots venues played in his early career.
"I personally would not have achieved what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the performances I performed around the area, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," remarked the artist. "These spaces are iconic, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – about 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, top acts such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by including a modest fee to their ticket prices, which benefits independent venues.
Sam Fender also took part, collecting over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to support thirty-eight grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds supported locations that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties caused by water damage, blazes and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and sound issues.
Some locations were granted funding support in modernizing amenities and gear that helped musicians and fans.
"The concept that funds from shows in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it begins for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has stated.
The musician is far from the only musician to give his award prize money to charitable organizations.
In the band earned the trophy in 1996 for their record Different Class, vocalist Jarvis Cocker announced that the band would give their winnings to the organization War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite split her award among several charities, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I gave a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked better apparatus," the artist shared with outlets.
Previously, they donated their funds to the local youth club that supported their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
Also 1994 winners M People donated their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was found to have the disease.
"Receiving the award was ample," said vocalist the singer. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our success touched the lives of others."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had saved a couple of small stages in that region, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The Joiners in Southampton and the other in that location were purchased under the community ownership initiative, which is supported by the arts council and enthusiasts who acquire "ownership units" in the buildings.
