The star has handed over the complete sum of his £25k award prize money to the MVT, which works to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots concert spaces.
Fender was awarded the award on 16 October as his third album the album was declared the best record of the previous year.
He has chosen to give the cash to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the essential function grassroots venues played in his initial steps.
"I couldn't be pursuing this success if it hadn't been for all the gigs I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," remarked Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these venues have permanently closed – roughly 16% of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, top acts including the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its initiatives to help venues survive, by including a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which goes to help independent venues.
He also participated, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support numerous grassroots venues across Britain.
The donation helped spaces that were facing imminent closure due to difficulties stemming from flooding, fires and bereavements, as well as permit problems, conflicts and noise complaints.
Additional spaces received monetary aid in improving facilities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted performers and audiences.
"The notion that revenue from concerts in big venues backs the independent spots, where it begins for musicians like me, is just common sense," the star has commented.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his honor winnings to good deeds.
In the band won the trophy in the year 1996 for their record their work, vocalist Cocker declared that the act would give their prize money to the organization the charity.
During 2002, musician Ms Dynamite split her award across a few good causes, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I gave a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they required updated gear," she told a publication.
Previously, the band gave their prize money to the community center that developed their group, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year M People donated their prize to a MS organization after a acquaintance was identified with the disease.
"Winning was ample," remarked vocalist Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we could do without the extra, because we had the cake. So our success affected another person's life."
In the past week, the MVT shared it had saved several grassroots venues in that region, by placing them under public stewardship.
The Joiners in the city and the other in Bristol were acquired under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by Arts Council England and music fans who buy "stakes" in the properties.
