Sam Fender has donated the full amount of his £25,000 honor cash to the MVT, which functions to preserve the UK's small live music spots.
Fender was presented with the award on mid-October as his new release his work was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the crucial part local spots fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the shows I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," remarked Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these venues have permanently closed – about one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, well-known musicians including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to support the industry, by including a modest fee to their ticket costs, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also participated, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to support 38 local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money helped locations that were facing potential shutdown due to issues caused by floods, blazes and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, court cases and sound issues.
Additional spaces received funding support in upgrading facilities and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that funds from performances in large arenas backs the independent spots, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has stated.
Fender is far from the only musician to donate his honor funds to worthy causes.
In they received the award in 1996 for their release Different Class, frontman Jarvis Cocker declared that the group would donate their prize money to the charity War Child.
During 2002, artist Ms Dynamite shared her prize between several good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I donated a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they required new equipment," she told the media.
Previously, they contributed their winnings to the community center that nurtured their band, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally the 1994 recipients M People contributed their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was identified with the illness.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," stated artist Small. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't require the extra, because we had the cake. So our success touched another person's life."
Last week, the MVT announced it had rescued a couple of grassroots venues in south-east England, by transferring them to local control.
The Joiners in Southampton and the second in that location were purchased under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is backed by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who buy "stakes" in the properties.
