The artist has donated the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound honor winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to protect the UK's small music venues.
He was given the award on 16 October as his new release his work was declared the best record of the last 12 months.
Fender has opted to give the cash to the MVT, in recognition of the essential function small stages played in his early career.
"I would not have achieved this success if it wasn't for all the shows I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," remarked Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – about 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, top acts including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a small levy to their ticket costs, which supports smaller concert halls.
Fender also joined in, generating in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist thirty-eight small stages across the UK.
These funds supported venues that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties caused by water damage, blazes and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Other venues obtained funding support in modernizing facilities and gear that positively impacted artists and audiences.
"The idea that money from shows in large arenas supports the independent spots, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is among several artists to donate his award funds to good deeds.
Back when Pulp earned the trophy in the year 1996 for their release the album, vocalist the singer announced that the group would give their cash to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, musician Ms Dynamite shared her bounty between multiple organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I contributed a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," the artist told outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the local youth club that nurtured their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year the group contributed their winnings to a charity for MS after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," stated vocalist Small. "The cash was the extra but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted another person's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust announced it had saved several grassroots venues in that region, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The Joiners in Southampton and The Croft in Bristol were bought under the public acquisition initiative, which is supported by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who acquire "ownership units" in the buildings.
