Sam Fender has donated the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound award cash to the MVT, which works to preserve the Britain's grassroots live music spots.
The star was given the prize on mid-October as his third album the album was declared the outstanding release of the past year.
Fender has chosen to hand the money over to the MVT, in appreciation of the crucial part grassroots venues fulfilled in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – about 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, well-known musicians including Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its attempts to support the industry, by including a modest fee to their ticket costs, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Fender also joined in, raising in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to assist thirty-eight grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds assisted venues that were facing possible closure due to challenges stemming from water damage, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, court cases and noise complaints.
Other venues received financial assistance in upgrading facilities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted musicians and audiences.
"The notion that funds from shows in large arenas helps the local stages, where it all starts for artists like me, is just logical," Fender has stated.
The musician is not the first artist to contribute his award prize money to charitable organizations.
Back when the band earned the trophy in 1996 for their record the album, vocalist Cocker declared that the act would contribute their cash to the organization the charity.
During 2002, musician she divided her prize between a few organizations, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also contributed a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective gave their prize money to the local youth club that developed their group, alongside other local music groups.
Additionally the 1994 recipients the group contributed their award to a MS organization after a acquaintance was identified with the condition.
"The victory was sufficient," stated singer Small. "The prize was the extra but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted another person's life."
Recently, the MVT shared it had saved two local spots in that region, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in the city and the other in the city were purchased under the public acquisition scheme, which is funded by the arts council and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the venues.
