The artist has handed over the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound award cash to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to protect the Britain's independent music venues.
Fender was given the prize on 16 October as his third album the album was declared the top album of the last 12 months.
Fender has decided to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part local spots had in his initial steps.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it hadn't been for all the performances I played around the region, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," said Sam Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these locations have shut down – approximately 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, major artists such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also participated, collecting over £100k on his live tour to help 38 local spots across Britain.
These funds helped locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties stemming from water damage, fires and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and sound issues.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in upgrading amenities and technical equipment that helped artists and audiences.
"The concept that money from shows in big venues supports the independent spots, where it begins for artists like me, is just common sense," Fender has said.
The musician is not the first artist to give his honor funds to charitable organizations.
When Pulp received the trophy in 1996 for their release their work, frontman Cocker stated that the act would donate their prize money to the organization War Child.
During 2002, musician the artist shared her prize across several organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I contributed a grand to the center, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," the artist told the media.
In recent years, the band contributed their winnings to the youth organization that nurtured their band, in addition to other local music groups.
And winners that year M People contributed their prize to a MS organization after a friend was found to have the disease.
"Winning was ample," remarked vocalist Heather Small. "The prize was the extra but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the honor. So our winning impacted somebody else's life."
In the past week, the MVT announced it had saved several local spots in that region, by bringing them into community ownership.
One venue in the city and the other in that location were acquired under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by a national body and enthusiasts who acquire "ownership units" in the buildings.
