The star has donated the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound award cash to the trust for venues, which operates to protect the UK's small concert spaces.
The star was presented with the cheque on mid-October as his third album his work was chosen as the outstanding release of the previous year.
The musician has chosen to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the essential function grassroots venues fulfilled in his early career.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the performances I played around the area, and beyond, when I was beginning," stated the artist. "These locations are iconic, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these venues have permanently closed – approximately one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, well-known musicians like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by applying a modest fee to their admission fees, which benefits local stages.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting more than £100,000 on his recent tour to help 38 grassroots venues across the UK.
The donation supported spaces that were dealing with imminent closure due to issues stemming from water damage, blazes and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and sound issues.
Additional spaces received financial assistance in improving infrastructure and gear that directly benefitted performers and fans.
"The concept that money from shows in large arenas supports the local stages, where it begins for artists like me, is just sensible," Fender has stated.
The musician is among several artists to give his honor prize money to good deeds.
Back when they earned the prize in the year 1996 for their record Different Class, frontman Cocker declared that the act would contribute their winnings to the charity War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite shared her prize between a few good causes, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I contributed a £1,000 to the center, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," the artist told outlets.
Two years ago, the band contributed their prize money to the youth organization that nurtured their group, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
And the 1994 recipients M People contributed their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was found to have the disease.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," stated artist Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our success affected another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had saved several grassroots venues in south-east England, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in that area and the second in Bristol were acquired under the public acquisition scheme, which is backed by Arts Council England and music fans who buy "stakes" in the venues.
