The artist has given the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound award prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to save the UK's independent concert spaces.
The star was given the award on mid-October as his new release his work was named the top album of the previous year.
Fender has chosen to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part grassroots venues played in his beginning days.
"I wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the gigs I did around the area, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," stated Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these locations have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the entire UK sector.
Recently, well-known musicians like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
He also joined in, generating more than £100,000 on his live tour to assist numerous small stages across the UK.
The money supported spaces that were confronting possible closure due to challenges caused by floods, blazes and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and sound issues.
Additional spaces obtained financial assistance in modernizing amenities and technical equipment that positively impacted performers and audiences.
"The concept that money from concerts in big venues supports the local stages, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has said.
The musician is among several artists to donate his honor prize money to worthy causes.
When Pulp received the prize in the year 1996 for their record Different Class, vocalist Cocker announced that the act would contribute their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, musician she split her prize across multiple charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also gave a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," she told outlets.
Previously, they donated their winnings to the local youth club that developed their band, as well as other local music groups.
And winners that year they donated their award to a charity for MS after a friend was identified with the condition.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," remarked vocalist the singer. "The prize was the extra but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the honor. So our success impacted another person's life."
In the past week, the MVT announced it had protected two local spots in the South East, by transferring them to local control.
One venue in the city and the other in the city were bought under the community ownership scheme, which is funded by the arts council and music fans who buy "stakes" in the buildings.
