The artist has handed over the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound honor winnings to the MVT, which functions to save the Britain's small concert spaces.
Fender was awarded the cheque on mid-October as his new release the album was declared the outstanding release of the past year.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the vital role local spots had in his beginning days.
"I personally wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the performances I performed around the area, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," said Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these locations have permanently closed – roughly 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, well-known musicians like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a small levy to their admission fees, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
He also took part, collecting more than £100,000 on his recent tour to support thirty-eight small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation helped locations that were dealing with possible closure due to issues arising from floods, fires and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and sound issues.
Some locations received monetary aid in improving amenities and gear that positively impacted musicians and audiences.
"The notion that revenue from concerts in major spaces backs the smaller venues, where it all starts for artists like me, is just sensible," the star has said.
He is not the first artist to donate his award prize money to charitable organizations.
When Pulp earned the trophy in the year 1996 for their album Different Class, frontman the singer announced that the band would give their cash to the organization the charity.
In 2002, rapper and singer she divided her award among several charities, such as the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I donated a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they needed new equipment," she explained to outlets.
In recent years, the band contributed their prize money to the youth organization that nurtured their act, as well as other local music groups.
Additionally the 1994 recipients M People donated their winnings to a MS organization after a close contact was found to have the illness.
"Receiving the award was ample," stated artist Small. "The prize was the extra but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the cake. So our success touched another person's life."
In the past week, the trust shared it had protected two grassroots venues in that region, by transferring them to local control.
The first in Southampton and the other in the city were bought under the community ownership program, which is funded by the arts council and enthusiasts who acquire "ownership units" in the buildings.
