The star has donated the full amount of his £25k award winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to save the UK's small music venues.
The star was awarded the cheque on mid-October as his new release his work was declared the top album of the past year.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the crucial part small stages fulfilled in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing my current career if it weren't for all the shows I did around the area, and beyond, when I was beginning," stated the artist. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – roughly one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Recently, top acts including the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their ticket costs, which goes to help local stages.
Sam Fender also participated, collecting over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to help thirty-eight small stages across Britain.
These funds helped venues that were confronting imminent closure due to challenges caused by floods, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and noise complaints.
Additional spaces were granted monetary aid in upgrading amenities and gear that positively impacted artists and fans.
"The notion that money from performances in large arenas backs the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just common sense," Fender has stated.
He is far from the only musician to contribute his award winnings to good deeds.
In the band earned the prize in 1996 for their release their work, lead singer Cocker declared that the band would donate their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
That year, rapper and singer the artist divided her prize among several organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also contributed a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked updated gear," the artist explained to outlets.
Two years ago, they donated their winnings to the local youth club that supported their band, as well as other local music groups.
Also 1994 winners the group gave their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," stated vocalist the singer. "The money was the bonus but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the honor. So our success touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued a couple of small stages in the South East, by placing them under local control.
The Joiners in that area and the other in that location were purchased under the public acquisition program, which is supported by a national body and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the venues.
