The star has handed over the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound award prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to save the Britain's grassroots music venues.
He was given the award on mid-October as his latest record the album was declared the top album of the past year.
He has opted to give the cash to the MVT, in recognition of the vital role small stages played in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the shows I did around the region, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," remarked Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these locations have permanently closed – approximately 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, well-known musicians including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which supports independent venues.
Sam Fender also participated, collecting over £100k on his recent tour to support numerous local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money helped venues that were confronting potential shutdown due to challenges arising from floods, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, court cases and neighbor objections.
Other venues received funding support in modernizing amenities and technical equipment that helped musicians and concertgoers.
"The idea that revenue from shows in large arenas supports the smaller venues, where it begins for musicians like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to donate his award prize money to worthy causes.
Back when they won the trophy in the mid-90s for their album Different Class, vocalist the singer announced that the act would contribute their cash to the charity the charity.
That year, musician the artist split her award between multiple good causes, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I donated a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked new equipment," she shared with a publication.
Two years ago, they contributed their winnings to the community center that supported their group, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Also 1994 winners the group contributed their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was found to have the illness.
"Receiving the award was ample," remarked vocalist Heather Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our success impacted another person's life."
Recently, the trust shared it had rescued two local spots in the South East, by placing them under local control.
The first in the city and The Croft in that location were acquired under the public acquisition initiative, which is supported by a national body and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the properties.
