The artist has given the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound honor cash to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to protect the United Kingdom's grassroots live music spots.
The star was presented with the award on October 16 as his new release the album was declared the outstanding release of the previous year.
Fender has opted to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the essential function grassroots venues had in his early career.
"I personally would not have achieved this success if it hadn't been for all the gigs I played around the North East, and further afield, when I was just getting going," said Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these venues have shut down – about 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, major artists including the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by adding a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports independent venues.
He also took part, generating more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to help thirty-eight small stages across Britain.
The money helped venues that were facing possible closure due to difficulties caused by water damage, fires and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, court cases and sound issues.
Other venues obtained monetary aid in upgrading infrastructure and gear that positively impacted artists and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from shows in major spaces supports the smaller venues, where it begins for musicians like me, is just logical," Fender has said.
Fender is not the first artist to donate his honor prize money to good deeds.
Back when the band earned the award in 1996 for their release their work, frontman the singer declared that the group would give their prize money to the organization War Child.
That year, rapper and singer the artist split her bounty among several charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also gave a grand to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," the artist told outlets.
Two years ago, they contributed their prize money to the youth organization that supported their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Also 1994 winners the group gave their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was diagnosed the disease.
"The victory was ample," remarked artist the singer. "The money was the cherry on top but we could do without the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT revealed it had rescued a couple of local spots in the South East, by transferring them to local control.
One venue in that area and the other in the city were bought under the community ownership scheme, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who purchase "shares" in the venues.
