The star has handed over the full amount of his £25,000 honor winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to protect the Britain's small music venues.
Fender was awarded the cheque on mid-October as his third album his work was declared the outstanding release of the previous year.
Fender has decided to give the cash to the MVT, in recognition of the crucial part local spots fulfilled in his beginning days.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing my current career if it weren't for all the shows I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these spaces have shut down – roughly 16% of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, major artists including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its initiatives to help venues survive, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which benefits local stages.
Fender also took part, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to support numerous local spots across Britain.
The money helped spaces that were dealing with possible closure due to challenges caused by flooding, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Other venues received financial assistance in modernizing facilities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that money from performances in major spaces backs the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has commented.
Fender is among several artists to donate his honor winnings to good deeds.
When Pulp received the trophy in the year 1996 for their album the album, vocalist Cocker stated that the group would donate their prize money to the charity the charity.
During 2002, rapper and singer she shared her award among multiple charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I gave a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they needed new equipment," the artist explained to a publication.
Previously, the band contributed their funds to the local youth club that developed their group, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
And the 1994 recipients they donated their award to a charity for MS after a friend was identified with the disease.
"Winning was sufficient," said vocalist Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the honor. So our winning affected somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT revealed it had saved a couple of small stages in south-east England, by transferring them to local control.
One venue in Southampton and The Croft in Bristol were acquired under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is funded by Arts Council England and music fans who purchase "shares" in the buildings.
