The artist has given the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound award prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which works to protect the United Kingdom's grassroots live music spots.
The star was presented with the prize on 16 October as his third album the album was named the best record of the previous year.
The musician has decided to donate the funds to the trust, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues had in his early career.
"As an artist would not have achieved this success if it weren't for all the shows I played around the area, and beyond, when I was just getting going," remarked the artist. "These locations are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these locations have ceased operations – about one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, top acts like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which goes to help local stages.
Fender also took part, generating over £100k on his live tour to support thirty-eight small stages across the UK.
The donation helped venues that were facing potential shutdown due to issues stemming from floods, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, court cases and noise complaints.
Additional spaces obtained monetary aid in improving infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The idea that revenue from shows in major spaces helps the local stages, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just logical," the star has said.
The musician is not the first artist to contribute his award funds to charitable organizations.
Back when the band won the prize in the year 1996 for their album the album, lead singer the singer announced that the band would give their winnings to the charity the charity.
In 2002, artist the artist divided her award among several charities, including the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also contributed a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked better apparatus," Ms Dynamite told outlets.
In recent years, the band gave their funds to the community center that nurtured their band, as well as other local music groups.
Additionally 1994 winners they gave their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the disease.
"The victory was ample," said artist Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted another person's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust announced it had rescued two small stages in the South East, by bringing them into community ownership.
The first in that area and The Croft in that location were purchased under the public acquisition initiative, which is funded by the arts council and enthusiasts who buy "ownership units" in the properties.
