The star has handed over the entirety of his £25,000 honor winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots live music spots.
The star was presented with the prize on mid-October as his latest record the album was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
He has decided to donate the funds to the MVT, in appreciation of the crucial part small stages had in his beginning days.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the shows I performed around the area, and further afield, when I was starting out," stated the artist. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these locations have shut down – about 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, top acts including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a modest fee to their admission fees, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
He also joined in, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support numerous small stages across the UK.
The donation assisted venues that were confronting possible closure due to issues caused by water damage, blazes and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in improving infrastructure and gear that directly benefitted artists and fans.
"The idea that revenue from concerts in large arenas supports the smaller venues, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to donate his honor prize money to good deeds.
In Pulp received the trophy in the year 1996 for their release their work, vocalist the singer declared that the act would give their cash to the non-profit the charity.
During 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite shared her award between a few charities, including the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I gave a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required better apparatus," the artist 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.
Additionally the 1994 recipients the group contributed their award to a MS organization after a acquaintance was found to have the illness.
"Receiving the award was ample," remarked artist Heather Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we could do without the cherry, because we had the honor. So our success touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the trust revealed it had rescued a couple of local spots in the South East, by placing them under public stewardship.
One venue in that area and the other in that location were purchased under the public acquisition scheme, which is funded by a national body and supporters who acquire "stakes" in the buildings.
