The star has given the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound award cash to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to protect the United Kingdom's small live music spots.
Fender was awarded the prize on mid-October as his latest record the album was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
He has opted to donate the funds to the trust, in recognition of the crucial part local spots played in his initial steps.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the performances I played around the region, and beyond, when I was beginning," stated the artist. "These spaces are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these locations have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, well-known musicians like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its initiatives to support the industry, by adding a modest fee to their admission fees, which supports local stages.
He also joined in, collecting over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to assist 38 grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money supported spaces that were dealing with possible closure due to issues caused by flooding, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Additional spaces were granted funding support in modernizing infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that revenue from performances in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it begins for musicians like me, is just sensible," Fender has commented.
Fender is not the first artist to give his award prize money to good deeds.
In the band received the prize in the mid-90s for their album the album, frontman the singer stated that the act would donate their winnings to the organization War Child.
That year, artist she shared her award among multiple good causes, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I gave a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they required updated gear," she explained to a publication.
Two years ago, the band contributed their prize money to the community center that developed their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally the 1994 recipients M People contributed their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was found to have the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," remarked artist Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the honor. So our winning touched another person's life."
Recently, the trust announced it had saved a couple of small stages in that region, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in the city and the other in Bristol were bought under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is funded by Arts Council England and supporters who purchase "stakes" in the venues.
