The artist has donated the entirety of his £25k honor winnings to the MVT, which operates to preserve the United Kingdom's small live music spots.
Fender was awarded the cheque on mid-October as his new release the album was named the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
Fender has decided to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function small stages had in his early career.
"I couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the gigs I played around the area, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," stated the artist. "These venues are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these locations have shut down – about one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, top acts including the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by including a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which benefits local stages.
He also participated, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help thirty-eight local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money helped spaces that were confronting possible closure due to issues stemming from floods, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Additional spaces received monetary aid in improving amenities and gear that helped performers and concertgoers.
"The idea that revenue from shows in large arenas supports the independent spots, where it begins for musicians like me, is just common sense," the star has stated.
The musician is far from the only musician to contribute his award winnings to good deeds.
When the band received the trophy in the mid-90s for their release Different Class, vocalist Jarvis Cocker declared that the group would give their winnings to the organization War Child.
In 2002, musician the artist shared her prize among a few good causes, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also donated a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," the artist explained to a publication.
Previously, they contributed their prize money to the community center that supported their band, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Also 1994 winners they donated their prize to a MS organization after a friend was found to have the disease.
"The victory was sufficient," stated vocalist Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the cake. So our success touched somebody else's life."
Last week, the trust revealed it had protected a couple of small stages in south-east England, by placing them under public stewardship.
The Joiners in Southampton and The Croft in that location were acquired under the public acquisition scheme, which is funded by the arts council and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
