The star has donated the entirety of his £25k award prize money to the MVT, which operates to preserve the UK's small live music spots.
He was awarded the award on October 16 as his third album the album was named the outstanding release of the past year.
He has opted to give the cash to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the crucial part local spots played in his beginning days.
"I couldn't be pursuing this success if it wasn't for all the performances I played around the area, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," stated Sam Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these venues have ceased operations – roughly one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, major artists like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to support the industry, by including a modest fee to their ticket prices, which benefits independent venues.
He also joined in, collecting more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist 38 grassroots venues across the UK.
The donation assisted spaces that were confronting potential shutdown due to issues stemming from water damage, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Some locations obtained funding support in modernizing facilities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted artists and fans.
"The idea that revenue from shows in big venues backs the independent spots, where it all starts for performers like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has said.
He is among several artists to donate his honor winnings to charitable organizations.
When the band earned the prize in 1996 for their album Different Class, frontman Jarvis Cocker stated that the act would donate their cash to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer she divided her prize between several good causes, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I gave a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they required new equipment," Ms Dynamite explained to a publication.
Two years ago, they donated their funds to the community center that nurtured their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Also winners that year they contributed their winnings to a MS organization after a acquaintance was diagnosed the illness.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," stated singer Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our success affected somebody else's life."
Last week, the MVT announced it had protected several local spots in south-east England, by bringing them into local control.
The first in that area and the other in that location were bought under the public acquisition scheme, which is supported by the arts council and enthusiasts who buy "shares" in the buildings.
