The artist has given the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound award prize money to the trust for venues, which operates to save the UK's independent concert spaces.
Fender was presented with the prize on mid-October as his third album the album was chosen as the best record of the previous year.
Fender has chosen to donate the funds to the trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role local spots had in his beginning days.
"I would not have achieved this success if it hadn't been for all the performances I did around the area, and further afield, when I was just getting going," said Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these locations have shut down – approximately 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, major artists such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to support the industry, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which benefits smaller concert halls.
He also took part, collecting over £100k on his live tour to assist 38 grassroots venues across Britain.
The money supported venues that were dealing with possible closure due to challenges arising from water damage, blazes and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, court cases and noise complaints.
Additional spaces were granted financial assistance in improving facilities and gear that directly benefitted artists and audiences.
"The idea that money from shows in big venues supports the smaller venues, where it begins for performers like me, is just logical," Fender has stated.
He is far from the only musician to donate his honor prize money to charitable organizations.
In they received the trophy in 1996 for their release their work, vocalist Cocker stated that the band would contribute their prize money to the charity War Child.
That year, artist the artist divided her bounty between a few good causes, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I contributed a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked new equipment," she shared with outlets.
Two years ago, the band donated their winnings to the community center that nurtured their group, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Also winners that year they contributed their award to a charity for MS after a close contact was diagnosed the condition.
"Winning was quite enough," stated vocalist Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't require the extra, because we had the cake. So our victory affected another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had rescued a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
One venue in that area and the second in Bristol were bought under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is backed by Arts Council England and supporters who buy "shares" in the venues.
