The artist has donated the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound award winnings to the MVT, which functions to preserve the Britain's grassroots concert spaces.
Fender was awarded the prize on mid-October as his new release the album was declared the outstanding release of the previous year.
Fender has opted to give the cash to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the essential function small stages fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I personally would not have achieved this success if it wasn't for all the gigs I played around the region, and beyond, when I was just getting going," said the artist. "These spaces are iconic, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – about 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Recently, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its initiatives to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their admission fees, which supports local stages.
He also joined in, generating over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to help 38 small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds assisted locations that were dealing with potential shutdown due to issues arising from flooding, blazes and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and sound issues.
Additional spaces obtained funding support in improving amenities and gear that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The idea that funds from concerts in large arenas supports the smaller venues, where it all starts for performers like me, is just sensible," the star has stated.
Fender is not the first artist to contribute his honor winnings to good deeds.
In the band received the prize in the year 1996 for their release the album, lead singer Jarvis Cocker declared that the act would give their winnings to the charity War Child.
In 2002, artist she shared her bounty across multiple good causes, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also contributed a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked new equipment," the artist shared with the media.
In recent years, the band contributed their prize money to the youth organization that supported their group, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally the 1994 recipients M People donated their award to a charity for MS after a friend was diagnosed the illness.
"The victory was sufficient," remarked vocalist Heather Small. "The cash was the extra but we could do without the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our success impacted the lives of others."
In the past week, the trust announced it had saved two grassroots venues in the South East, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in that area and the other in the city were purchased under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is funded by a national body and supporters who purchase "shares" in the venues.
