The star has handed over the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound honor winnings to the trust for venues, which operates to save the United Kingdom's grassroots live music spots.
Fender was awarded the cheque on October 16 as his third album People Watching was declared the best record of the previous year.
He has decided to donate the funds to the trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role local spots played in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing this success if it weren't for all the shows I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said the artist. "These venues are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these locations have shut down – about 16% of the total UK scene.
In the last year, top acts like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports independent venues.
Fender also joined in, collecting more than £100,000 on his live tour to support thirty-eight local spots across the UK.
These funds supported locations that were confronting imminent closure due to difficulties arising from floods, fires and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Some locations received funding support in modernizing facilities and technical equipment that helped musicians and fans.
"The notion that funds from performances in major spaces backs the local stages, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is far from the only musician to give his award funds to worthy causes.
Back when Pulp received the award in the year 1996 for their album their work, lead singer Cocker announced that the act would give their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
That year, artist she shared her bounty between several good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also donated a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with a publication.
Previously, Ezra Collective gave their winnings to the community center that nurtured their act, alongside other independent music bodies.
And winners that year the group donated their prize to a MS organization after a acquaintance was identified with the illness.
"The victory was sufficient," stated singer Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our victory affected the lives of others."
In the past week, the trust shared it had saved two grassroots venues in south-east England, by placing them under local control.
The first in that area and the other in Bristol were acquired under the Own Our Venues program, which is backed by Arts Council England and supporters who purchase "stakes" in the properties.
