The star has donated the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound award winnings to the MVT, which operates to protect the United Kingdom's small live music spots.
He was awarded the award on mid-October as his new release People Watching was declared the top album of the previous year.
Fender has opted to donate the funds to the trust, in recognition of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I personally wouldn't be doing this success if it hadn't been for all the performances I did around the area, and beyond, when I was starting out," remarked the artist. "These locations are renowned, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – about one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its efforts to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their ticket costs, which goes to help local stages.
Sam Fender also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist 38 local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds helped venues that were confronting possible closure due to difficulties arising from flooding, fires and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and noise complaints.
Additional spaces were granted monetary aid in modernizing facilities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and audiences.
"The idea that money from concerts in major spaces helps the local stages, where it begins for musicians like me, is just common sense," the star has commented.
Fender is among several artists to donate his honor funds to good deeds.
In they received the award in 1996 for their release Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker announced that the act would give their cash to the charity the charity.
In 2002, musician Ms Dynamite shared her prize across a few charities, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I contributed a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they required new equipment," the artist shared with the media.
In recent years, Ezra Collective donated their funds to the local youth club that nurtured their act, alongside other local music groups.
Additionally the 1994 recipients they gave their prize to a MS organization after a acquaintance was identified with the illness.
"The victory was sufficient," said singer the singer. "The money was the cherry on top but we could do without the extra, because we had the cake. So our victory touched the lives of others."
Recently, the MVT revealed it had protected several small stages in the South East, by placing them under public stewardship.
The Joiners in Southampton and The Croft in the city were bought under the Own Our Venues program, which is backed by a national body and music fans who acquire "ownership units" in the venues.
