The star has given the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound award winnings to the trust for venues, which operates to save the Britain's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was given the award on 16 October as his new release the album was declared the best record of the past year.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the trust, in recognition of the vital role grassroots venues played in his initial steps.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the gigs I played around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," remarked Sam Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these locations have ceased operations – about 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, top acts such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its initiatives to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their ticket costs, which supports smaller concert halls.
Fender also took part, collecting over £100k on his recent tour to support thirty-eight local spots across the UK.
The money supported locations that were facing imminent closure due to issues stemming from flooding, fires and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and sound issues.
Additional spaces obtained monetary aid in modernizing infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted musicians and fans.
"The idea that revenue from concerts in big venues supports the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just common sense," Fender has commented.
The musician is among several artists to give his award funds to charitable organizations.
Back when they received the award in the mid-90s for their album their work, frontman the singer stated that the group would contribute their prize money to the organization the charity.
During 2002, artist Ms Dynamite split her award between several good causes, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I contributed a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with outlets.
Two years ago, the band contributed their funds to the youth organization that supported their band, as well as other independent music bodies.
Also winners that year the group donated their prize to a charity for MS after a friend was identified with the illness.
"Winning was quite enough," remarked artist Heather Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our winning touched the lives of others."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust shared it had rescued several small stages in south-east England, by placing them under local control.
One venue in that area and the other in Bristol were acquired under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is funded by a national body and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the buildings.
