Sam Fender has handed over the complete sum of his £25,000 honor prize money to the trust for venues, which operates to preserve the Britain's small music venues.
Fender was presented with the award on mid-October as his third album his work was named the top album of the past year.
He has chosen to donate the funds to the trust, in recognition of the crucial part grassroots venues played in his early career.
"As an artist would not have achieved what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the performances I did around the area, and beyond, when I was beginning," remarked Sam Fender. "These venues are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these venues have ceased operations – about 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Recently, top acts like the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which goes to help local stages.
He also took part, collecting more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist thirty-eight local spots across Britain.
The donation assisted spaces that were dealing with possible closure due to challenges caused by water damage, fires and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and sound issues.
Some locations obtained funding support in modernizing amenities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted artists and concertgoers.
"The notion that revenue from shows in big venues helps the local stages, where it begins for musicians like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has stated.
He is among several artists to donate his award funds to charitable organizations.
When Pulp earned the prize in the year 1996 for their album Different Class, frontman Cocker stated that the group would contribute their cash to the charity War Child.
That year, musician Ms Dynamite shared her award among several organizations, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I contributed a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed updated gear," Ms Dynamite told outlets.
Previously, Ezra Collective gave their prize money to the local youth club that developed their act, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Also winners that year M People donated their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was found to have the disease.
"Winning was quite enough," remarked artist Heather Small. "The prize was the bonus but we could do without the extra, because we had the cake. So our winning affected somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued several local spots in south-east England, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The first in Southampton and the second in that location were bought under the public acquisition program, which is funded by Arts Council England and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the properties.
