The star has donated the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound honor cash to the MVT, which operates to save the UK's independent concert spaces.
The star was given the cheque on 16 October as his new release the album was declared the top album of the past year.
He has chosen to donate the funds to the MVT, in recognition of the essential function local spots had in his initial steps.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and further afield, when I was beginning," stated Sam Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – roughly 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, top acts such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their ticket prices, which supports independent venues.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to assist 38 grassroots venues across the UK.
The donation assisted spaces that were confronting possible closure due to challenges arising from flooding, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, conflicts and sound issues.
Additional spaces were granted funding support in modernizing infrastructure and technical equipment that helped performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that money from shows in large arenas supports the local stages, where it all starts for artists like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has commented.
He is among several artists to donate his award prize money to good deeds.
Back when the band received the prize in the year 1996 for their record Different Class, vocalist Cocker announced that the band would donate their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, musician she shared her bounty among multiple organizations, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they required updated gear," the artist told outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective donated their prize money to the community center that nurtured their act, in addition to other local music groups.
Additionally the 1994 recipients the group contributed their prize to a MS organization after a close contact was identified with the condition.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," stated artist the singer. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't need the extra, because we had the cake. So our success affected another person's life."
Recently, the trust revealed it had protected two grassroots venues in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
The Joiners in that area and the second in that location were bought under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who acquire "stakes" in the buildings.
