The artist has donated the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which works to save the United Kingdom's small music venues.
The star was presented with the cheque on mid-October as his new release the album was chosen as the outstanding release of the past year.
Fender has opted to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the essential function local spots played in his beginning days.
"I would not have achieved my current career if it hadn't been for all the shows I performed around the area, and beyond, when I was starting out," stated Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these venues have shut down – about 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Recently, top acts such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its efforts to help venues survive, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which benefits local stages.
Fender also joined in, generating over £100k on his recent tour to help numerous small stages across Britain.
The money supported locations that were dealing with potential shutdown due to issues arising from water damage, fires and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and sound issues.
Some locations obtained monetary aid in modernizing amenities and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and fans.
"The idea that revenue from shows in major spaces supports the independent spots, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just common sense," the star has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to donate his honor funds to charitable organizations.
When the band won the trophy in the mid-90s for their album Different Class, vocalist Jarvis Cocker announced that the act would contribute their prize money to the organization War Child.
That year, artist she divided her award between multiple organizations, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I gave a grand to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they needed updated gear," the artist told the media.
Previously, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the local youth club that developed their group, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally winners that year M People donated their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was diagnosed the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," said vocalist Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted another person's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust announced it had rescued several small stages in south-east England, by placing them under local control.
The Joiners in that area and The Croft in Bristol were acquired under the community ownership initiative, which is backed by the arts council and music fans who acquire "ownership units" in the venues.
