Sam Fender has handed over the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound honor winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the UK's grassroots music venues.
Fender was given the award on 16 October as his latest record the album was declared the top album of the previous year.
He has chosen to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the crucial part small stages fulfilled in his initial steps.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the performances I did around the region, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," said Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have ceased operations – approximately one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, well-known musicians including the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its attempts to support the industry, by applying a modest fee to their ticket prices, which supports smaller concert halls.
He also took part, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help 38 local spots across Britain.
The money helped venues that were dealing with possible closure due to challenges caused by floods, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Some locations were granted funding support in modernizing facilities and technical equipment that positively impacted musicians and concertgoers.
"The concept that money from concerts in large arenas helps the smaller venues, where it all starts for artists like me, is just logical," the star has said.
He is far from the only musician to give his award funds to charitable organizations.
Back when Pulp won the award in the mid-90s for their release Different Class, frontman Jarvis Cocker stated that the group would contribute their winnings to the charity the charity.
In 2002, artist she shared her prize between a few organizations, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also gave a £1,000 to the center, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they needed new equipment," the artist shared with the media.
In recent years, they donated their prize money to the youth organization that nurtured their act, as well as other local music groups.
Additionally winners that year they contributed their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was diagnosed the condition.
"The victory was quite enough," said vocalist the singer. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our winning affected the lives of others."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had protected a couple of small stages in the South East, by placing them under community ownership.
The first in the city and the second in that location were acquired under the community ownership scheme, which is backed by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who buy "ownership units" in the venues.
