The artist has handed over the complete sum of his £25k honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which works to preserve the United Kingdom's independent live music spots.
He was presented with the cheque on mid-October as his new release People Watching was declared the top album of the previous year.
The musician has opted to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the essential function small stages fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I would not have achieved what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the gigs I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," said Sam Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these venues have ceased operations – roughly 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, well-known musicians including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its attempts to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports independent venues.
He also took part, raising over £100k on his live tour to assist numerous small stages across Britain.
The donation supported locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to issues caused by water damage, blazes and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and sound issues.
Additional spaces obtained funding support in upgrading amenities and technical equipment that helped artists and concertgoers.
"The notion that revenue from shows in major spaces supports the smaller venues, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
The musician is among several artists to contribute his honor prize money to worthy causes.
In Pulp received the award in the mid-90s for their album Different Class, vocalist the singer declared that the act would give their cash to the organization the charity.
In 2002, artist the artist split her prize between a few good causes, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I contributed a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked better apparatus," the artist shared with the media.
Previously, they gave their winnings to the local youth club that supported their band, in addition to other local music groups.
Also the 1994 recipients M People contributed their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was diagnosed the illness.
"Winning was ample," stated artist Heather Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had saved a couple of small stages in that region, by placing them under public stewardship.
One venue in the city and The Croft in Bristol were purchased under the community ownership scheme, which is backed by a national body and music fans who buy "shares" in the venues.
