The star has donated the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize winnings to the trust for venues, which works to preserve the UK's grassroots music venues.
The star was given the award on October 16 as his new release the album was named the top album of the previous year.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the trust, in recognition of the vital role local spots played in his beginning days.
"I personally wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," remarked the artist. "These venues are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these locations have shut down – roughly one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, major artists such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Fender also participated, generating over £100k on his recent tour to help 38 grassroots venues across Britain.
The donation helped locations that were confronting potential shutdown due to difficulties arising from floods, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces obtained financial assistance in upgrading infrastructure and technical equipment that positively impacted musicians and concertgoers.
"The notion that funds from shows in big venues supports the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
He is far from the only musician to give his Mercury Prize prize money to worthy causes.
Back when they earned the trophy in 1996 for their album the album, frontman Cocker announced that the act would donate their cash to the charity the charity.
During 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite divided her award across several good causes, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I donated a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they needed better apparatus," the artist told the media.
Previously, they donated their funds to the youth organization that developed their act, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Also 1994 winners they contributed their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was diagnosed the condition.
"Winning was quite enough," stated artist the singer. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our winning affected another person's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued several local spots in south-east England, by transferring them to local control.
The first in Southampton and the other in Bristol were acquired under the public acquisition initiative, which is supported by the arts council and music fans who acquire "stakes" in the venues.
