The artist has donated the entirety of his £25,000 award prize money to the trust for venues, which operates to save the Britain's grassroots music venues.
Fender was presented with the prize on October 16 as his new release his work was named the outstanding release of the past year.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part small stages had in his initial steps.
"I would not have achieved my current career if it weren't for all the shows I performed around the area, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," stated Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – approximately 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, top acts like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its attempts to support the industry, by adding a modest fee to their admission fees, which goes to help local stages.
He also joined in, generating in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist thirty-eight grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money assisted spaces that were confronting imminent closure due to difficulties stemming from water damage, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, court cases and sound issues.
Some locations received financial assistance in modernizing facilities and gear that positively impacted musicians and fans.
"The notion that revenue from performances in large arenas backs the independent spots, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just common sense," the star has commented.
Fender is among several artists to donate his award prize money to worthy causes.
In the band earned the award in the mid-90s for their record the album, vocalist Cocker declared that the act would contribute their winnings to the organization War Child.
During 2002, musician the artist shared her award across a few good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also gave a £1,000 to the center, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite explained to a publication.
In recent years, the band gave their prize money to the local youth club that developed their act, alongside other local music groups.
Also winners that year the group gave their award to a MS organization after a acquaintance was found to have the illness.
"Winning was ample," stated artist the singer. "The money was the extra but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted another person's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust announced it had protected two grassroots venues in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in the city and the other in the city were acquired under the public acquisition program, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who purchase "shares" in the buildings.
