The artist has handed over the entirety of his £25,000 honor winnings to the MVT, which operates to save the Britain's small concert spaces.
He was presented with the prize on 16 October as his third album the album was chosen as the best record of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role local spots had in his beginning days.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I did around the region, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," remarked Sam Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these venues have shut down – about 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, top acts such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its efforts to support the industry, by including a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
He also took part, raising more than £100,000 on his recent tour to assist 38 grassroots venues across Britain.
These funds helped spaces that were facing possible closure due to challenges arising from floods, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, court cases and neighbor objections.
Some locations received funding support in modernizing infrastructure and technical equipment that directly benefitted performers and audiences.
"The concept that funds from shows in big venues backs the smaller venues, where it all starts for artists like me, is just common sense," the star has commented.
He is far from the only musician to give his award prize money to good deeds.
In they won the prize in 1996 for their record their work, vocalist Jarvis Cocker stated that the band would contribute their cash to the charity the charity.
During 2002, artist the artist split her prize across multiple good causes, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I donated a £1,000 to the center, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required new equipment," she shared with the media.
In recent years, the band contributed their prize money to the local youth club that supported their band, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
Also the 1994 recipients the group contributed their prize to a MS organization after a friend was found to have the illness.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," remarked artist Heather Small. "The prize was the extra but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the cake. So our success affected somebody else's life."
In the past week, the trust shared it had rescued several grassroots venues in that region, by transferring them to local control.
The first in that area and the other in that location were acquired under the public acquisition program, which is supported by the arts council and music fans who acquire "shares" in the buildings.
