The star has given the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound award winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which works to save the Britain's small concert spaces.
He was awarded the cheque on 16 October as his latest record the album was chosen as the best record of the past year.
Fender has decided to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the crucial part small stages fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I personally wouldn't be doing my current career if it hadn't been for all the gigs I did around the North East, and beyond, when I was beginning," remarked Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these locations have shut down – about 16% of the entire UK sector.
Recently, major artists including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its attempts to help venues survive, by applying a modest fee to their ticket prices, which supports local stages.
He also joined in, collecting more than £100,000 on his recent tour to help 38 grassroots venues across Britain.
These funds supported venues that were facing potential shutdown due to difficulties arising from flooding, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as permit problems, conflicts and noise complaints.
Some locations were granted funding support in modernizing facilities and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that money from concerts in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
Fender is far from the only musician to give his honor funds to worthy causes.
Back when the band earned the award in the mid-90s for their release their work, lead singer Cocker declared that the group would donate their prize money to the organization the charity.
During 2002, musician she split her award across several charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also donated a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed updated gear," the artist shared with a publication.
In recent years, the band contributed their prize money to the community center that nurtured their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Also 1994 winners M People contributed their prize to a MS organization after a close contact was diagnosed the condition.
"The victory was quite enough," remarked singer Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our success affected another person's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust shared it had protected a couple of grassroots venues in that region, by bringing them into community ownership.
One venue in that area and The Croft in the city were acquired under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by Arts Council England and music fans who buy "ownership units" in the properties.
