The star has given the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to save the Britain's grassroots music venues.
Fender was given the cheque on mid-October as his third album the album was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function small stages played in his beginning days.
"I wouldn't be doing this success if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the area, and beyond, when I was beginning," stated Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – roughly 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, well-known musicians like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its efforts to support the industry, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which goes to help independent venues.
Fender also participated, generating in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help thirty-eight small stages across Britain.
The money helped locations that were facing imminent closure due to challenges stemming from floods, blazes and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and noise complaints.
Additional spaces were granted funding support in modernizing amenities and technical equipment that helped performers and concertgoers.
"The idea that money from shows in large arenas supports the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just common sense," Fender has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to donate his award prize money to charitable organizations.
In they received the award in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker stated that the band would contribute their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, artist the artist shared her bounty among several charities, like the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I donated a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they required updated gear," she shared with a publication.
Previously, Ezra Collective donated their funds to the youth organization that developed their act, as well as other independent music bodies.
Also 1994 winners M People donated their winnings to a charity for MS after a close contact was diagnosed the condition.
"The victory was sufficient," said artist Heather Small. "The prize was the extra but we didn't require the extra, because we had the main prize. So our victory impacted another person's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust shared it had rescued a couple of small stages in that region, by bringing them into local control.
The Joiners in that area and The Croft in that location were acquired under the public acquisition initiative, which is funded by a national body and music fans who buy "ownership units" in the properties.
