Sam Fender has given the full amount of his £25,000 award cash to the MVT, which functions to save the Britain's small concert spaces.
He was presented with the cheque on October 16 as his new release the album was declared the top album of the previous year.
Fender has opted to give the cash to the MVT, in recognition of the crucial part grassroots venues had in his initial steps.
"I personally wouldn't be doing my current career if it weren't for all the gigs I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," said Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, top acts such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to support the industry, by including a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which supports independent venues.
Fender also joined in, collecting over £100k on his live tour to support numerous local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation supported spaces that were dealing with potential shutdown due to issues stemming from floods, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and sound issues.
Other venues obtained funding support in modernizing amenities and gear that helped musicians and fans.
"The concept that revenue from shows in large arenas supports the independent spots, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has commented.
He is far from the only musician to give his award funds to worthy causes.
In they earned the award in the year 1996 for their release their work, lead singer Cocker announced that the group would contribute their prize money to the organization War Child.
That year, rapper and singer she divided her bounty between a few organizations, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I donated a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they needed new equipment," Ms Dynamite shared with the media.
In recent years, Ezra Collective donated their winnings to the community center that supported their band, as well as other local music groups.
Additionally 1994 winners they donated their award to a MS organization after a close contact was diagnosed the illness.
"The victory was ample," said singer Small. "The cash was the extra but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had rescued a couple of grassroots venues in that region, by placing them under community ownership.
One venue in the city and the second in Bristol were purchased under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is funded by the arts council and music fans who buy "shares" in the buildings.
