The artist has donated the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound honor cash to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to protect the Britain's independent music venues.
The star was given the award on October 16 as his latest record his work was named the best record of the previous year.
He has decided to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role small stages played in his initial steps.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing my current career if it hadn't been for all the gigs I performed around the region, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," stated Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – roughly one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, top acts including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by including a small levy to their admission fees, which benefits local stages.
Sam Fender also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support 38 local spots across Britain.
These funds supported spaces that were confronting imminent closure due to challenges caused by flooding, blazes and bereavements, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Additional spaces received funding support in upgrading facilities and technical equipment that positively impacted artists and concertgoers.
"The idea that funds from performances in major spaces backs the local stages, where it begins for artists like me, is just common sense," Fender has commented.
The musician is among several artists to give his award funds to worthy causes.
Back when they received the award in 1996 for their album the album, lead singer Cocker declared that the group would contribute their cash to the charity War Child.
That year, musician the artist split her bounty between several good causes, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I contributed a grand to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they needed better apparatus," she told a publication.
In recent years, the band gave their winnings to the youth organization that developed their band, in addition to other independent music bodies.
And winners that year the group contributed their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the disease.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," remarked singer Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the cake. So our victory touched another person's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had saved several local spots in the South East, by bringing them into community ownership.
One venue in that area and the second in the city were purchased under the public acquisition program, which is backed by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who acquire "stakes" in the venues.
