Sam Fender has donated the full amount of his £25,000 honor cash to the MVT, which functions to save the UK's small music venues.
He was given the cheque on October 16 as his new release the album was declared the best record of the previous year.
Fender has chosen to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the gigs I performed around the region, and further afield, when I was just getting going," said Sam Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – about 16% of the entire UK sector.
Recently, top acts like the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its efforts to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their admission fees, which goes to help independent venues.
Fender also joined in, collecting more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist numerous grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money helped locations that were confronting possible closure due to difficulties caused by floods, blazes and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces were granted funding support in upgrading infrastructure and gear that helped performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that money from performances in large arenas backs the independent spots, where it all starts for artists like me, is just sensible," the star has stated.
Fender is not the first artist to give his honor prize money to good deeds.
When they won the award in the year 1996 for their record Different Class, frontman the singer announced that the group would give their winnings to the charity War Child.
That year, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite shared her bounty between multiple good causes, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also donated a grand to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required new equipment," the artist told the media.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective gave their funds to the community center that nurtured their group, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Also the 1994 recipients they contributed their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was diagnosed the illness.
"Winning was ample," said artist Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our victory impacted somebody else's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had saved several local spots in that region, by placing them under public stewardship.
The first in that area and the second in the city were acquired under the community ownership scheme, which is supported by a national body and enthusiasts who buy "ownership units" in the venues.
