The star has given the full amount of his £25,000 award winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to save the Britain's independent live music spots.
The star was presented with the cheque on mid-October as his new release his work was chosen as the best record of the last 12 months.
He has chosen to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part grassroots venues had in his beginning days.
"As an artist would not have achieved this success if it hadn't been for all the performances I did around the region, and further afield, when I was starting out," said Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these locations have shut down – about 16% of the entire UK sector.
Recently, major artists including Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by adding a modest fee to their admission fees, which benefits smaller concert halls.
He also participated, collecting more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to help thirty-eight small stages across the UK.
The money helped venues that were facing imminent closure due to issues stemming from water damage, blazes and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and noise complaints.
Other venues received funding support in improving infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted artists and audiences.
"The concept that funds from shows in major spaces helps the smaller venues, where it all starts for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
Fender is far from the only musician to contribute his honor winnings to worthy causes.
Back when Pulp won the award in the year 1996 for their album Different Class, lead singer Cocker stated that the act would give their cash to the charity War Child.
During 2002, musician Ms Dynamite divided her prize between several charities, including the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I contributed a grand to my local community centre, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they required updated gear," she explained to the media.
Previously, the band gave their winnings to the youth organization that nurtured their band, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year they gave their prize to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was found to have the disease.
"Winning was sufficient," remarked singer Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we could do without the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our victory impacted somebody else's life."
Recently, the trust announced it had rescued a couple of small stages in that region, by placing them under local control.
The first in the city and the other in the city were purchased under the community ownership program, which is supported by the arts council and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
