Sam Fender has handed over the entirety of his £25k honor cash to the MVT, which functions to preserve the UK's independent concert spaces.
The star was given the award on mid-October as his third album the album was named the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
He has opted to hand the money over to the trust, in appreciation of the essential function local spots fulfilled in his initial steps.
"As an artist would not have achieved this success if it hadn't been for all the shows I performed around the region, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," remarked Sam Fender. "These venues are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – roughly 16% of the total UK scene.
Recently, major artists such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its attempts to support the industry, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which goes to help independent venues.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting more than £100,000 on his live tour to assist thirty-eight small stages across the UK.
The donation supported locations that were facing potential shutdown due to challenges stemming from flooding, fires and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and sound issues.
Some locations received monetary aid in improving infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that helped musicians and fans.
"The idea that funds from shows in large arenas helps the local stages, where it all starts for performers like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is far from the only musician to give his award funds to good deeds.
When Pulp received the prize in the mid-90s for their record the album, vocalist Jarvis Cocker declared that the act would donate their prize money to the charity the charity.
That year, musician the artist shared her award between a few good causes, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite explained to the media.
Previously, the band contributed their prize money to the youth organization that supported their band, as well as other local music groups.
Additionally winners that year they donated their winnings to a MS organization after a close contact was diagnosed the disease.
"Winning was sufficient," said artist the singer. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the honor. So our success affected somebody else's life."
Last week, the MVT shared it had protected a couple of grassroots venues in south-east England, by bringing them into local control.
The first in the city and the other in Bristol were acquired under the community ownership program, which is backed by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who acquire "ownership units" in the venues.
