Sam Fender has given the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound honor cash to the trust for venues, which functions to save the Britain's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was given the prize on October 16 as his latest record the album was named the top album of the previous year.
Fender has decided to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the crucial part small stages had in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the gigs I played around the region, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," remarked the artist. "These spaces are legendary, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have shut down – approximately 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, major artists such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their ticket prices, which goes to help independent venues.
He also took part, generating over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to assist numerous grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds supported locations that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties arising from flooding, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and noise complaints.
Some locations received funding support in improving amenities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted artists and fans.
"The idea that revenue from shows in major spaces supports the independent spots, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has commented.
Fender is far from the only musician to contribute his award prize money to good deeds.
In the band won the award in 1996 for their album Different Class, vocalist the singer announced that the act would give their winnings to the organization War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer the artist split her prize between multiple organizations, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I contributed a grand to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," the artist explained to the media.
In recent years, the band donated their funds to the local youth club that nurtured their group, as well as other local music groups.
Also the 1994 recipients the group contributed their award to a MS organization after a friend was found to have the disease.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," said singer the singer. "The cash was the extra but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the cake. So our winning affected the lives of others."
In the past week, the MVT revealed it had saved a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
The Joiners in the city and The Croft in that location were acquired under the public acquisition scheme, which is backed by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who purchase "ownership units" in the venues.
