The artist has donated the complete sum of his £25,000 award winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which works to save the United Kingdom's grassroots music venues.
He was awarded the cheque on October 16 as his third album People Watching was chosen as the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
The musician has decided to hand the money over to the trust, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues had in his initial steps.
"I would not have achieved this success if it hadn't been for all the shows I did around the region, and further afield, when I was starting out," stated Sam Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these spaces have shut down – approximately 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, well-known musicians such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which goes to help independent venues.
Fender also joined in, generating over £100k on his live tour to support thirty-eight grassroots venues across Britain.
The money supported locations that were confronting imminent closure due to challenges arising from flooding, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces obtained financial assistance in modernizing infrastructure and gear that directly benefitted artists and audiences.
"The concept that funds from shows in major spaces helps the independent spots, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," Fender has said.
The musician is not the first artist to contribute his honor funds to good deeds.
Back when the band received the prize in 1996 for their album the album, lead singer the singer announced that the group would give their prize money to the organization War Child.
That year, musician Ms Dynamite divided her prize among a few good causes, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I gave a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they needed better apparatus," she told a publication.
In recent years, Ezra Collective contributed their funds to the local youth club that nurtured their act, as well as other independent music bodies.
Additionally the 1994 recipients the group gave their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was found to have the illness.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," remarked singer the singer. "The money was the bonus but we could do without the bonus, because we had the cake. So our success affected another person's life."
Recently, the trust shared it had protected several grassroots venues in south-east England, by bringing them into local control.
The first in Southampton and The Croft in Bristol were acquired under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is supported by a national body and supporters who acquire "shares" in the buildings.
