The star has given the full amount of his £25k honor winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to save the United Kingdom's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was given the prize on October 16 as his latest record his work was declared the best record of the past year.
He has decided to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the crucial part grassroots venues played in his initial steps.
"I personally wouldn't be doing my current career if it hadn't been for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these locations have shut down – about 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, major artists like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its efforts to support the industry, by including a modest fee to their ticket prices, which goes to help local stages.
Fender also took part, raising more than £100,000 on his recent tour to help 38 small stages across Britain.
The donation assisted spaces that were confronting imminent closure due to difficulties caused by floods, fires and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Other venues were granted financial assistance in upgrading infrastructure and technical equipment that directly benefitted performers and audiences.
"The concept that revenue from shows in large arenas supports the local stages, where it all starts for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has stated.
The musician is among several artists to contribute his honor winnings to worthy causes.
In they received the trophy in the mid-90s for their record their work, frontman the singer announced that the band would donate their prize money to the charity War Child.
During 2002, artist she shared her bounty across several organizations, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I contributed a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they needed better apparatus," the artist told the media.
Two years ago, the band contributed their prize money to the youth organization that supported their group, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year M People gave their award to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was found to have the illness.
"Winning was sufficient," remarked artist the singer. "The money was the cherry on top but we could do without the extra, because we had the main prize. So our success impacted the lives of others."
Last week, the trust shared it had rescued several local spots in the South East, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The first in the city and the other in the city were bought under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is backed by a national body and music fans who acquire "ownership units" in the buildings.
