Sam Fender has handed over the complete sum of his £25,000 honor cash to the MVT, which works to preserve the UK's independent music venues.
The star was awarded the prize on October 16 as his third album his work was chosen as the best record of the last 12 months.
He has opted to donate the funds to the MVT, in appreciation of the crucial part local spots played in his early career.
"As an artist would not have achieved what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the shows I did around the area, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said the artist. "These venues are iconic, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these venues have shut down – about one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, major artists including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its attempts to help venues survive, by applying a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Fender also participated, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help numerous small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation supported locations that were facing possible closure due to challenges stemming from floods, blazes and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, conflicts and noise complaints.
Additional spaces received financial assistance in upgrading infrastructure and technical equipment that directly benefitted artists and fans.
"The concept that money from concerts in major spaces backs the independent spots, where it all starts for artists like me, is just common sense," Fender has said.
The musician is among several artists to contribute his honor funds to good deeds.
In Pulp received the prize in the year 1996 for their record Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker stated that the group would contribute their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, musician the artist shared her prize between a few good causes, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also donated a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite told outlets.
In recent years, they donated their prize money to the youth organization that supported their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
Also the 1994 recipients M People contributed their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was found to have the disease.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," remarked vocalist the singer. "The prize was the bonus but we could do without the bonus, because we had the honor. So our victory affected the lives of others."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust shared it had rescued two grassroots venues in that region, by bringing them into community ownership.
One venue in Southampton and the other in that location were bought under the public acquisition initiative, which is funded by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who buy "shares" in the buildings.
