Sam Fender has donated the complete sum of his £25,000 honor cash to the trust for venues, which works to protect the Britain's small music venues.
He was given the prize on October 16 as his third album his work was declared the outstanding release of the previous year.
The musician has chosen to give the cash to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the essential function local spots fulfilled in his early career.
"I wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the shows I did around the North East, and further afield, when I was just getting going," said the artist. "These venues are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – about 16% of the total UK scene.
Recently, top acts such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by applying a modest fee to their ticket prices, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Fender also participated, raising in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to assist 38 grassroots venues across the UK.
The donation assisted venues that were confronting potential shutdown due to difficulties arising from water damage, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as permit problems, conflicts and noise complaints.
Other venues were granted monetary aid in upgrading amenities and technical equipment that positively impacted performers and concertgoers.
"The idea that revenue from shows in big venues backs the smaller venues, where it begins for artists like me, is just sensible," Fender has stated.
The musician is not the first artist to give his honor prize money to charitable organizations.
When Pulp earned the prize in the year 1996 for their release their work, lead singer Cocker announced that the act would donate their winnings to the charity the charity.
During 2002, musician she divided her bounty between a few good causes, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I contributed a £1,000 to the center, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they needed new equipment," she shared with a publication.
Two years ago, the band contributed their funds to the youth organization that nurtured their act, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
Also winners that year M People gave their prize to a MS organization after a close contact was found to have the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," stated vocalist Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our success affected somebody else's life."
Recently, the trust announced it had protected two small stages in the South East, by transferring them to community ownership.
The first in the city and the second in that location were acquired under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by a national body and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the venues.
