The star has donated the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize cash to the Music Venues Trust, which works to protect the UK's small live music spots.
The star was given the award on mid-October as his new release People Watching was declared the best record of the past year.
The musician has chosen to hand the money over to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the essential function local spots fulfilled in his initial steps.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it hadn't been for all the performances I did around the region, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," stated Sam Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have ceased operations – approximately 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, top acts like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its attempts to support the industry, by adding a small levy to their admission fees, which goes to help local stages.
Fender also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his live tour to assist thirty-eight grassroots venues across the UK.
These funds assisted locations that were confronting possible closure due to difficulties caused by flooding, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces received monetary aid in upgrading infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted performers and fans.
"The concept that money from performances in big venues supports the local stages, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," Fender has stated.
He is among several artists to donate his honor prize money to good deeds.
When the band earned the trophy in 1996 for their release the album, frontman Jarvis Cocker declared that the group would donate their prize money to the charity War Child.
In 2002, artist the artist divided her award between a few charities, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also donated a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked better apparatus," the artist explained to the media.
Two years ago, they donated their prize money to the youth organization that nurtured their act, alongside other local music groups.
Also the 1994 recipients M People gave their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was found to have the illness.
"Winning was sufficient," stated vocalist Heather Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we could do without the extra, because we had the main prize. So our victory impacted the lives of others."
Last week, the trust shared it had rescued a couple of grassroots venues in that region, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The Joiners in that area and The Croft in the city were bought under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is funded by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
