The star has donated the complete sum of his £25,000 honor winnings to the trust for venues, which operates to save the United Kingdom's small live music spots.
The star was presented with the award on 16 October as his third album his work was named the top album of the last 12 months.
Fender has chosen to give the cash to the MVT, in appreciation of the essential function small stages fulfilled in his early career.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the shows I played around the region, and beyond, when I was beginning," remarked Sam Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – approximately 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, well-known musicians including Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by including a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports local stages.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to help 38 grassroots venues across Britain.
The money supported spaces that were facing imminent closure due to challenges stemming from water damage, blazes and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and sound issues.
Other venues obtained monetary aid in modernizing facilities and gear that helped artists and audiences.
"The notion that money from concerts in big venues helps the smaller venues, where it all starts for artists like me, is just common sense," the star has stated.
Fender is among several artists to contribute his honor winnings to good deeds.
In they received the prize in the mid-90s for their record their work, vocalist Jarvis Cocker stated that the group would contribute their winnings to the organization War Child.
In 2002, musician the artist divided her award across multiple organizations, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I gave a grand to the center, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," she shared with the media.
In recent years, the band contributed their prize money to the community center that developed their band, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year the group gave their prize to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the condition.
"Winning was sufficient," stated artist the singer. "The money was the bonus but we could do without the extra, because we had the cake. So our winning affected another person's life."
Last week, the MVT shared it had rescued several local spots in that region, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in the city and the other in Bristol were acquired under the public acquisition program, which is funded by the arts council and supporters who buy "stakes" in the venues.
