The artist has donated the complete sum of his £25,000 honor cash to the trust for venues, which functions to save the United Kingdom's small live music spots.
The star was given the cheque on mid-October as his new release People Watching was chosen as the best record of the previous year.
Fender has decided to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the essential function local spots fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing my current career if it hadn't been for all the shows I played around the region, and beyond, when I was beginning," remarked Sam Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these spaces have shut down – about one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Recently, well-known musicians like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by adding a small levy to their ticket costs, which goes to help independent venues.
He also joined in, raising over £100k on his live tour to support numerous small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money supported venues that were facing potential shutdown due to issues stemming from water damage, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Other venues received monetary aid in upgrading amenities and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that revenue from performances in big venues backs the smaller venues, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has commented.
He is among several artists to donate his Mercury Prize funds to good deeds.
In Pulp received the award in the year 1996 for their release the album, lead singer Jarvis Cocker announced that the band would donate their winnings to the charity War Child.
That year, artist Ms Dynamite divided her prize between several organizations, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I contributed a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," the artist shared with a publication.
Two years ago, they donated their prize money to the local youth club that developed their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
And 1994 winners the group gave their winnings to a MS organization after a close contact was diagnosed the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," remarked artist Heather Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the honor. So our victory impacted somebody else's life."
In the past week, the trust shared it had protected several local spots in the South East, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in that area and the other in the city were purchased under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is supported by Arts Council England and supporters who buy "shares" in the properties.
