The artist has donated the entirety of his £25k award prize money to the MVT, which works to protect the United Kingdom's small concert spaces.
The star was given the cheque on 16 October as his new release the album was named the best record of the last 12 months.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the MVT, in appreciation of the vital role local spots fulfilled in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the gigs I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," stated Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these locations have shut down – roughly 16% of the entire UK sector.
Recently, well-known musicians such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to support the industry, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which goes to help independent venues.
Sam Fender also took part, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to assist numerous grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money assisted spaces that were facing potential shutdown due to difficulties caused by floods, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces were granted funding support in modernizing infrastructure and technical equipment that positively impacted artists and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from concerts in major spaces helps the smaller venues, where it all starts for performers like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to contribute his award winnings to worthy causes.
When Pulp won the award in the year 1996 for their release the album, frontman Jarvis Cocker stated that the band would give their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, artist she split her prize among multiple charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also donated a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," the artist shared with the media.
Previously, Ezra Collective donated their winnings to the youth organization that supported their group, alongside other local music groups.
Also winners that year M People contributed their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was found to have the disease.
"The victory was sufficient," said singer Small. "The money was the extra but we could do without the extra, because we had the honor. So our winning affected somebody else's life."
Recently, the trust revealed it had rescued two grassroots venues in that region, by placing them under public stewardship.
One venue in the city and The Croft in the city were bought under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by Arts Council England and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the properties.
