The artist has given the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound honor winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to preserve the UK's grassroots music venues.
He was awarded the cheque on October 16 as his third album the album was chosen as the top album of the past year.
Fender has opted to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the vital role local spots fulfilled in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing this success if it weren't for all the performances I performed around the North East, and further afield, when I was starting out," remarked the artist. "These locations are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – approximately 16% of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, top acts including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its efforts to help venues survive, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which supports local stages.
Fender also joined in, raising in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support numerous grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation helped locations that were facing potential shutdown due to challenges caused by floods, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, court cases and sound issues.
Additional spaces obtained monetary aid in modernizing amenities and gear that positively impacted artists and fans.
"The concept that money from concerts in major spaces backs the smaller venues, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just common sense," Fender has stated.
Fender is not the first artist to donate his award funds to good deeds.
When they won the prize in 1996 for their release their work, frontman Cocker declared that the act would give their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, artist Ms Dynamite split her bounty across multiple charities, including the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I donated a £1,000 to the center, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," she told outlets.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective donated their funds to the community center that supported their group, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Also 1994 winners they gave their winnings to a charity for MS after a close contact was found to have the disease.
"Winning was sufficient," said singer Heather Small. "The money was the bonus but we could do without the cherry, because we had the cake. So our winning impacted another person's life."
Recently, the trust revealed it had saved a couple of small stages in that region, by transferring them to community ownership.
The Joiners in Southampton and the second in that location were acquired under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by the arts council and enthusiasts who purchase "stakes" in the properties.
