The artist has given the entirety of his £25k honor winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to save the Britain's small music venues.
He was presented with the award on 16 October as his new release People Watching was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the essential function grassroots venues played in his initial steps.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the gigs I played around the region, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," remarked Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these locations have ceased operations – about 16% of the entire UK sector.
Recently, top acts such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by adding a small levy to their ticket costs, which goes to help local stages.
He also took part, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to help numerous local spots across the UK.
The money supported locations that were facing potential shutdown due to issues caused by floods, fires and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, conflicts and noise complaints.
Additional spaces were granted financial assistance in improving facilities and gear that helped performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that money from concerts in big venues supports the local stages, where it all starts for performers like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has stated.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his honor funds to charitable organizations.
In they received the prize in 1996 for their album the album, vocalist the singer declared that the group would donate their cash to the charity War Child.
That year, artist the artist divided her award between several good causes, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I donated a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked better apparatus," the artist told outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective donated their funds to the local youth club that nurtured their group, in addition to other local music groups.
And winners that year they contributed their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was identified with the illness.
"Winning was ample," remarked singer Heather Small. "The prize was the extra but we didn't require the extra, because we had the main prize. So our success impacted the lives of others."
Recently, the MVT shared it had saved a couple of local spots in south-east England, by placing them under public stewardship.
One venue in the city and the other in Bristol were purchased under the community ownership initiative, which is funded by the arts council and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the properties.
