The artist has donated the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound award cash to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to save the United Kingdom's small live music spots.
The star was given the award on 16 October as his third album his work was declared the top album of the previous year.
Fender has opted to give the cash to the trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role small stages had in his initial steps.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing my current career if it weren't for all the gigs I performed around the region, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," stated Sam Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have ceased operations – roughly 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, top acts such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its efforts to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their ticket prices, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Fender also took part, generating more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support thirty-eight local spots across the UK.
These funds assisted spaces that were dealing with possible closure due to challenges caused by flooding, blazes and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Additional spaces were granted funding support in upgrading facilities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted musicians and fans.
"The idea that money from performances in large arenas helps the smaller venues, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
He is among several artists to give his honor winnings to worthy causes.
In the band won the prize in 1996 for their release the album, lead singer the singer declared that the act would give their winnings to the non-profit the charity.
That year, rapper and singer she divided her bounty among a few charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I donated a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they needed better apparatus," Ms Dynamite explained to the media.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective gave their prize money to the youth organization that developed their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Also winners that year M People donated their prize to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was identified with the illness.
"Winning was sufficient," remarked vocalist Small. "The cash was the extra but we could do without the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted somebody else's life."
Recently, the trust shared it had protected a couple of local spots in the South East, by bringing them into community ownership.
The first in Southampton and The Croft in that location were bought under the public acquisition scheme, which is supported by a national body and enthusiasts who buy "ownership units" in the venues.
