Sam Fender has given the full amount of his £25,000 award winnings to the MVT, which operates to preserve the Britain's grassroots music venues.
The star was awarded the prize on 16 October as his third album the album was chosen as the best record of the previous year.
The musician has decided to donate the funds to the trust, in recognition of the essential function local spots fulfilled in his initial steps.
"As an artist would not have achieved this success if it wasn't for all the shows I played around the area, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," said Sam Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these locations have ceased operations – approximately 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, well-known musicians like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its initiatives to support the industry, by applying a modest fee to their admission fees, which goes to help local stages.
Fender also took part, collecting over £100k on his recent tour to assist 38 local spots across Britain.
The donation supported locations that were facing possible closure due to issues arising from floods, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and sound issues.
Additional spaces were granted financial assistance in upgrading amenities and technical equipment that helped artists and audiences.
"The idea that revenue from shows in big venues supports the local stages, where it begins for musicians like me, is just common sense," the star has commented.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his honor winnings to good deeds.
Back when Pulp won the trophy in the year 1996 for their record their work, lead singer Cocker declared that the band would donate their cash to the organization War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer the artist split her prize across a few good causes, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I gave a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked updated gear," she explained to the media.
In recent years, they donated their winnings to the community center that developed their act, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Also 1994 winners they donated their prize to a MS organization after a friend was identified with the condition.
"Winning was quite enough," remarked artist the singer. "The money was the bonus but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our winning touched another person's life."
In the past week, the trust shared it had saved two local spots in the South East, by placing them under community ownership.
One venue in the city and the second in the city were bought under the community ownership initiative, which is funded by Arts Council England and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the buildings.
