Sam Fender has donated the full amount of his £25,000 award prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to protect the Britain's independent concert spaces.
He was presented with the cheque on 16 October as his latest record his work was named the top album of the previous year.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the trust, in appreciation of the crucial part local spots played in his initial steps.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it hadn't been for all the shows I played around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," remarked Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, well-known musicians such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by applying a modest fee to their admission fees, which supports smaller concert halls.
Fender also took part, collecting more than £100,000 on his recent tour to help numerous grassroots venues across the UK.
The money assisted spaces that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties caused by floods, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Additional spaces obtained funding support in modernizing facilities and technical equipment that positively impacted performers and concertgoers.
"The idea that revenue from concerts in large arenas supports the smaller venues, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.
Fender is not the first artist to give his award prize money to good deeds.
In the band won the award in the mid-90s for their album their work, lead singer Jarvis Cocker stated that the band would contribute their cash to the organization the charity.
During 2002, artist she split her prize among multiple good causes, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I contributed a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," she shared with outlets.
Two years ago, they contributed their funds to the community center that nurtured their act, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Also the 1994 recipients M People donated their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was diagnosed the condition.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," said singer Heather Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we could do without the cherry, because we had the cake. So our winning touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust shared it had saved two grassroots venues in south-east England, by placing them under local control.
One venue in that area and the other in that location were acquired under the community ownership program, which is backed by a national body and enthusiasts who buy "stakes" in the venues.
