The artist has given the entirety of his £25k award prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the Britain's grassroots music venues.
Fender was presented with the award on October 16 as his third album People Watching was named the best record of the previous year.
He has opted to hand the money over to the trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I personally wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I performed around the area, and beyond, when I was just getting going," remarked the artist. "These locations are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – roughly 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, top acts including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to support the industry, by applying a modest fee to their admission fees, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
He also took part, generating more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support 38 small stages across the UK.
The donation assisted venues that were facing imminent closure due to difficulties stemming from floods, fires and bereavements, as well as permit problems, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Other venues received monetary aid in improving infrastructure and technical equipment that helped musicians and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from performances in big venues helps the independent spots, where it all starts for performers like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
He is among several artists to give his honor winnings to good deeds.
In the band received the trophy in the year 1996 for their release Different Class, frontman the singer announced that the band would donate their winnings to the organization War Child.
During 2002, musician Ms Dynamite split her bounty among a few good causes, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I contributed a grand to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they needed new equipment," she told the media.
In recent years, Ezra Collective contributed their prize money to the community center that developed their act, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
And the 1994 recipients the group donated their award to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the condition.
"The victory was ample," remarked artist Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't require the extra, because we had the cake. So our winning touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the trust revealed it had protected a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in that area and The Croft in that location were bought under the Own Our Venues program, which is funded by Arts Council England and music fans who buy "shares" in the properties.
