The artist has donated the full amount of his £25,000 honor winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to preserve the UK's small concert spaces.
Fender was awarded the award on 16 October as his third album People Watching was named the top album of the last 12 months.
He has opted to hand the money over to the trust, in appreciation of the crucial part small stages fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I couldn't be pursuing my current career if it hadn't been for all the performances I performed around the area, and beyond, when I was just getting going," said Sam Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – about 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, top acts including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by including a modest fee to their admission fees, which goes to help local stages.
He also took part, raising more than £100,000 on his live tour to support thirty-eight local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds helped venues that were facing potential shutdown due to difficulties caused by flooding, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Some locations obtained funding support in upgrading amenities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted performers and fans.
"The concept that money from concerts in large arenas supports the local stages, where it begins for performers like me, is just sensible," Fender has said.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his honor prize money to good deeds.
Back when they won the prize in 1996 for their release Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker stated that the group would give their prize money to the charity War Child.
During 2002, musician Ms Dynamite shared her award among a few good causes, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I gave a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they required updated gear," the artist told a publication.
In recent years, they donated their prize money to the community center that nurtured their act, in addition to other local music groups.
Additionally winners that year the group donated their prize to a charity for MS after a friend was found to have the condition.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," stated artist Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't need the extra, because we had the honor. So our winning affected another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had saved a couple of small stages in the South East, by transferring them to local control.
The Joiners in Southampton and the second in the city were bought under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is funded by a national body and enthusiasts who buy "stakes" in the buildings.
