The artist has donated the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound award cash to the Music Venues Trust, which works to preserve the UK's small live music spots.
Fender was given the award on mid-October as his latest record the album was named the best record of the last 12 months.
The musician has decided to donate the funds to the trust, in appreciation of the vital role local spots played in his beginning days.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing this success if it wasn't for all the performances I played around the area, and beyond, when I was just getting going," said Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these venues have ceased operations – roughly 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its efforts to support the industry, by applying a modest fee to their admission fees, which goes to help local stages.
He also participated, generating in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist numerous grassroots venues across Britain.
The donation assisted locations that were confronting imminent closure due to issues stemming from floods, blazes and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces received monetary aid in modernizing facilities and gear that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that money from performances in major spaces backs the smaller venues, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just logical," the star has commented.
He is far from the only musician to give his award winnings to charitable organizations.
In the band received the award in 1996 for their record Different Class, frontman Jarvis Cocker declared that the band would contribute their winnings to the organization War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer she shared her bounty among a few organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I contributed a £1,000 to the center, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they needed new equipment," the artist explained to outlets.
Two years ago, the band donated their prize money to the youth organization that nurtured their band, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Also winners that year the group donated their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was identified with the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," stated singer Small. "The prize was the extra but we could do without the bonus, because we had the honor. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had protected several local spots in the South East, by transferring them to local control.
The first in that area and the second in that location were bought under the public acquisition program, which is supported by Arts Council England and music fans who acquire "shares" in the properties.
