Sam Fender has donated the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound award winnings to the MVT, which operates to protect the UK's small live music spots.
Fender was awarded the cheque on October 16 as his latest record the album was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
Fender has opted to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the essential function local spots had in his early career.
"I personally wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I performed around the area, and further afield, when I was just getting going," said Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these locations have shut down – roughly one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Recently, well-known musicians such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by including a modest fee to their ticket prices, which supports smaller concert halls.
He also joined in, generating over £100k on his live tour to assist 38 small stages across Britain.
The money assisted venues that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties arising from floods, blazes and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Additional spaces obtained funding support in modernizing facilities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that revenue from concerts in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it begins for performers like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
He is not the first artist to donate his honor funds to good deeds.
When Pulp won the prize in the year 1996 for their release the album, vocalist Cocker stated that the band would donate their cash to the organization War Child.
That year, artist Ms Dynamite shared her bounty among several good causes, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I contributed a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed new equipment," the artist told outlets.
Two years ago, they gave their winnings to the community center that nurtured their act, alongside other independent music bodies.
Additionally the 1994 recipients they contributed their award to a MS organization after a friend was identified with the disease.
"The victory was sufficient," remarked artist Heather Small. "The cash was the extra but we didn't need the extra, because we had the honor. So our success touched another person's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had protected several local spots in the South East, by placing them under public stewardship.
The first in that area and The Croft in that location were purchased under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is backed by the arts council and supporters who acquire "stakes" in the venues.
