The star has handed over the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound award winnings to the trust for venues, which operates to save the UK's small live music spots.
The star was awarded the cheque on October 16 as his latest record his work was declared the top album of the last 12 months.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function grassroots venues had in his early career.
"I personally would not have achieved my current career if it weren't for all the shows I did around the region, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," remarked Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – about 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, top acts including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which supports smaller concert halls.
Fender also took part, generating over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to support 38 local spots across the UK.
The donation supported spaces that were facing imminent closure due to difficulties arising from flooding, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and sound issues.
Other venues received monetary aid in modernizing infrastructure and gear that helped musicians and audiences.
"The idea that money from concerts in major spaces supports the local stages, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," the star has stated.
He is not the first artist to give his award funds to charitable organizations.
In they received the award in 1996 for their album the album, lead singer Jarvis Cocker announced that the band would donate their cash to the charity the charity.
In 2002, artist the artist shared her prize between multiple charities, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I contributed a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed updated gear," she shared with the media.
Previously, Ezra Collective contributed their funds to the youth organization that nurtured their group, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally 1994 winners they donated their award to a charity for MS after a close contact was diagnosed the illness.
"Winning was sufficient," remarked artist Small. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our winning touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had saved a couple of small stages in south-east England, by bringing them into local control.
The Joiners in the city and the second in Bristol were purchased under the public acquisition program, which is backed by the arts council and enthusiasts who buy "stakes" in the buildings.
