The star has donated the complete sum of his £25,000 honor winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the United Kingdom's small concert spaces.
Fender was awarded the prize on mid-October as his new release the album was declared the top album of the past year.
The musician has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in appreciation of the crucial part local spots had in his beginning days.
"I personally wouldn't be doing this success if it wasn't for all the shows I performed around the area, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," remarked the artist. "These spaces are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these locations have shut down – about 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, major artists like the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help independent venues.
He also took part, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist numerous small stages across Britain.
These funds helped venues that were facing possible closure due to difficulties stemming from water damage, fires and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Some locations received monetary aid in upgrading infrastructure and technical equipment that helped artists and fans.
"The concept that revenue from performances in major spaces backs the independent spots, where it begins for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has stated.
He is among several artists to donate his award winnings to worthy causes.
When they received the prize in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, frontman the singer stated that the band would give their cash to the charity War Child.
That year, artist the artist divided her prize between a few organizations, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I gave a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite told the media.
Previously, the band donated their prize money to the youth organization that supported their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
Also winners that year the group gave their winnings to a MS organization after a friend was diagnosed the condition.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," said artist Heather Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our winning touched somebody else's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had saved a couple of local spots in south-east England, by bringing them into community ownership.
One venue in the city and the second in Bristol were acquired under the public acquisition scheme, which is supported by the arts council and music fans who acquire "shares" in the venues.
