The star has donated the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound honor cash to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to preserve the Britain's independent music venues.
He was given the prize on October 16 as his latest record his work was chosen as the outstanding release of the past year.
The musician has chosen to give the cash to the MVT, in recognition of the vital role local spots fulfilled in his beginning days.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing my current career if it weren't for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," remarked Sam Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these venues have shut down – about 16% of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, major artists such as Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by applying a modest fee to their ticket prices, which supports independent venues.
Sam Fender also participated, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to assist thirty-eight local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation assisted spaces that were dealing with potential shutdown due to issues caused by flooding, blazes and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces obtained funding support in improving facilities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted artists and audiences.
"The notion that funds from shows in large arenas backs the local stages, where it begins for musicians like me, is just logical," Fender has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to give his honor funds to good deeds.
In they won the trophy in 1996 for their release the album, vocalist Cocker stated that the band would contribute their cash to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, artist the artist split her prize across several charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also gave a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required updated gear," the artist shared with outlets.
Two years ago, they gave their prize money to the local youth club that supported their act, as well as other independent music bodies.
Also winners that year the group gave their winnings to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was identified with the disease.
"Receiving the award was ample," remarked vocalist the singer. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't need the extra, because we had the cake. So our victory affected somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT announced it had saved several small stages in south-east England, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The Joiners in Southampton and the other in Bristol were purchased under the public acquisition scheme, which is backed by Arts Council England and music fans who purchase "shares" in the venues.
