Sam Fender has given the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound award cash to the MVT, which functions to preserve the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was presented with the prize on mid-October as his latest record his work was chosen as the best record of the last 12 months.
He has decided to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part small stages fulfilled in his early career.
"I personally would not have achieved this success if it hadn't been for all the gigs I played around the area, and further afield, when I was beginning," stated Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these venues have permanently closed – roughly one-sixth of the total UK scene.
In the last year, well-known musicians like Pulp, the group Coldplay, 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 benefits independent venues.
Sam Fender also took part, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support 38 grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money helped spaces that were confronting possible closure due to challenges caused by water damage, blazes and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Other venues received financial assistance in improving facilities and sound and lighting systems that helped artists and fans.
"The concept that revenue from performances in large arenas supports the local stages, where it all starts for artists like me, is just logical," Fender has stated.
The musician is among several artists to donate his honor funds to good deeds.
In they won the prize in the mid-90s for their album the album, vocalist Jarvis Cocker stated that the band would donate their prize money to the organization the charity.
That year, musician she divided her award among several good causes, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I gave a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they required new equipment," she explained to the media.
Previously, the band gave their prize money to the local youth club that supported their band, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year the group gave their prize to a MS organization after a close contact was diagnosed the disease.
"Winning was sufficient," said vocalist Heather Small. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the honor. So our victory touched the lives of others."
In the past week, the MVT announced it had rescued several local spots in south-east England, by transferring them to community ownership.
The Joiners in the city and The Croft in the city were purchased under the community ownership initiative, which is supported by the arts council and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
