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The star has given the full amount of his £25,000 award prize money to the trust for venues, which works to protect the Britain's grassroots live music spots.

He was awarded the prize on mid-October as his latest record his work was declared the outstanding release of the last 12 months.

He has opted to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role local spots had in his early career.

"I wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the shows I performed around the region, and further afield, when I was just getting going," stated Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."

Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these venues have permanently closed – roughly 16 percent of the entire UK sector.

In the last year, well-known musicians including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its attempts to support the industry, by adding a small levy to their admission fees, which goes to help smaller concert halls.

Sam Fender also joined in, raising over £100k on his live tour to help numerous local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.

The donation helped locations that were facing imminent closure due to challenges stemming from floods, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and sound issues.

Additional spaces received financial assistance in improving infrastructure and technical equipment that helped artists and concertgoers.

"The concept that funds from shows in major spaces helps the independent spots, where it begins for musicians like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has said.

The musician is among several artists to give his award winnings to worthy causes.

Back when they won the trophy in the year 1996 for their record the album, lead singer the singer declared that the band would donate their winnings to the charity War Child.

That year, artist she split her bounty between multiple good causes, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.

"Additionally, I donated a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked better apparatus," Ms Dynamite explained to the media.

Previously, they donated their prize money to the youth organization that developed their act, alongside other grassroots music organisations.

Also winners that year M People contributed their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the condition.

"Winning was quite enough," remarked singer Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the honor. So our winning impacted the lives of others."

Recently, the MVT announced it had rescued several local spots in the South East, by placing them under public stewardship.

One venue in Southampton and the second in the city were acquired under the community ownership program, which is supported by a national body and supporters who purchase "shares" in the venues.