Sam Fender has donated the entirety of his £25k honor cash to the MVT, which functions to save the Britain's independent live music spots.
He was given the cheque on mid-October as his third album his work was named the best record of the previous year.
He has decided to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the essential function local spots fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I did around the North East, and beyond, when I was starting out," stated the artist. "These locations are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these venues have permanently closed – roughly 16% of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, major artists such as Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by adding a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which supports local stages.
Fender also took part, raising in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to support thirty-eight small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money supported spaces that were dealing with potential shutdown due to challenges stemming from floods, blazes and bereavements, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and sound issues.
Some locations received funding support in modernizing facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted performers and audiences.
"The concept that money from performances in big venues helps the independent spots, where it all starts for artists like me, is just logical," the star has said.
Fender is far from the only musician to give his honor funds to worthy causes.
When they earned the prize in the mid-90s for their album the album, lead singer the singer announced that the act would give their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
That year, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite divided her bounty across several good causes, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I gave a grand to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they needed updated gear," she explained to a publication.
In recent years, Ezra Collective gave their winnings to the local youth club that supported their band, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally 1994 winners the group donated their award to a MS organization after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"The victory was sufficient," said vocalist Heather Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the honor. So our victory impacted another person's life."
In the past week, the MVT revealed it had rescued a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by transferring them to local control.
The first in the city and The Croft in that location were purchased under the public acquisition initiative, which is supported by a national body and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the venues.
