The star has handed over the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound award prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which works to save the United Kingdom's independent music venues.
He was awarded the cheque on mid-October as his third album the album was chosen as the best record of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function local spots had in his beginning days.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it hadn't been for all the performances I performed around the area, and further afield, when I was starting out," stated the artist. "These spaces are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – about one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, top acts including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their admission fees, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also took part, generating over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to assist 38 grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds supported venues that were facing imminent closure due to issues caused by water damage, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Other venues were granted financial assistance in improving infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and audiences.
"The idea that funds from performances in major spaces supports the independent spots, where it begins for musicians like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has said.
Fender is among several artists to give his award winnings to charitable organizations.
When they won the award in the year 1996 for their release the album, vocalist Jarvis Cocker declared that the act would contribute their cash to the non-profit War Child.
That year, artist the artist divided her prize between multiple good causes, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I contributed a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked new equipment," she shared with the media.
In recent years, they contributed their funds to the youth organization that nurtured their band, as well as other local music groups.
Additionally the 1994 recipients they contributed their award to a charity for MS after a close contact was diagnosed the disease.
"The victory was ample," stated vocalist the singer. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't need the extra, because we had the honor. So our victory affected somebody else's life."
Recently, the trust revealed it had protected a couple of small stages in the South East, by placing them under community ownership.
One venue in the city and the other in that location were acquired under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is backed by a national body and supporters who purchase "shares" in the venues.
