The star has given the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound honor winnings to the trust for venues, which works to save the United Kingdom's grassroots music venues.
The star was presented with the cheque on mid-October as his new release the album was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function local spots fulfilled in his initial steps.
"I personally wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the North East, and further afield, when I was just getting going," remarked Sam Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have ceased operations – about one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by including a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which goes to help local stages.
He also participated, collecting over £100k on his recent tour to support numerous local spots across the UK.
The money helped venues that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties caused by flooding, blazes and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and sound issues.
Other venues obtained monetary aid in improving facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted musicians and fans.
"The concept that revenue from performances in major spaces helps the independent spots, where it all starts for performers like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
He is far from the only musician to give his honor winnings to worthy causes.
When Pulp won the trophy in the year 1996 for their album their work, frontman Jarvis Cocker stated that the act would donate their cash to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, musician she divided her award among several charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also donated a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked updated gear," the artist shared with a publication.
Previously, they gave their prize money to the youth organization that supported their band, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally the 1994 recipients they donated their prize to a MS organization after a acquaintance was identified with the disease.
"The victory was sufficient," said singer Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we could do without the cherry, because we had the honor. So our victory affected the lives of others."
Recently, the trust revealed it had protected a couple of local spots in south-east England, by bringing them into local control.
The Joiners in Southampton and the other in that location were acquired under the community ownership program, which is supported by a national body and supporters who acquire "shares" in the buildings.
