The star has given the full amount of his £25,000 award winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to protect the UK's small concert spaces.
The star was given the award on October 16 as his new release his work was named the best record of the last 12 months.
Fender has decided to donate the funds to the trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function local spots played in his beginning days.
"I wouldn't be doing this success if it wasn't for all the shows I performed around the area, and beyond, when I was starting out," remarked Sam Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these locations have ceased operations – approximately one-sixth of the total UK scene.
In the last year, top acts like the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their ticket prices, which benefits local stages.
Sam Fender also participated, collecting over £100k on his recent tour to assist numerous small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation helped venues that were facing imminent closure due to challenges arising from floods, fires and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Some locations received financial assistance in improving infrastructure and technical equipment that directly benefitted musicians and audiences.
"The concept that funds from performances in big venues supports the smaller venues, where it begins for artists like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has said.
He is among several artists to donate his award winnings to good deeds.
In Pulp received the award in the year 1996 for their album their work, frontman Jarvis Cocker declared that the act would give their cash to the charity War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite split her prize across multiple good causes, like the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I gave a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed updated gear," Ms Dynamite shared with outlets.
In recent years, they gave their funds to the youth organization that supported their group, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally winners that year they donated their award to a charity for MS after a friend was found to have the illness.
"The victory was ample," said singer the singer. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the cake. So our winning touched the lives of others."
Recently, the trust shared it had saved several local spots in the South East, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The Joiners in that area and The Croft in that location were purchased under the community ownership program, which is supported by Arts Council England and supporters who purchase "stakes" in the venues.
