Sam Fender has handed over the complete sum of his £25k honor winnings to the MVT, which works to save the Britain's grassroots live music spots.
Fender was given the cheque on 16 October as his third album the album was chosen as the best record of the previous year.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function local spots played in his early career.
"I wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the gigs I did around the area, and further afield, when I was just getting going," said Sam Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, well-known musicians including the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which benefits independent venues.
He also participated, raising in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help thirty-eight local spots across Britain.
The money supported locations that were facing possible closure due to difficulties arising from flooding, blazes and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces were granted monetary aid in modernizing amenities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted artists and audiences.
"The notion that revenue from concerts in big venues backs the smaller venues, where it all starts for artists like me, is just logical," Fender has commented.
He is far from the only musician to donate his honor winnings to worthy causes.
Back when they received the award in the year 1996 for their release the album, vocalist the singer declared that the act would donate their cash to the charity War Child.
That year, musician she split her award among several good causes, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I donated a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required updated gear," Ms Dynamite shared with the media.
Previously, the band gave their prize money to the local youth club that supported their act, as well as other local music groups.
Additionally winners that year the group gave their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was identified with the disease.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," stated artist Heather Small. "The prize was the extra but we could do without the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the trust shared it had saved several grassroots venues in that region, by bringing them into local control.
One venue in that area and the other in that location were purchased under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is funded by the arts council and enthusiasts who acquire "ownership units" in the venues.
