The artist has donated the complete sum of his £25,000 honor prize money to the trust for venues, which works to protect the United Kingdom's small live music spots.
The star was presented with the prize on 16 October as his third album People Watching was chosen as the outstanding release of the previous year.
He has opted to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the essential function local spots played in his beginning days.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the shows I played around the area, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," remarked Sam Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these locations have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, well-known musicians including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the trust in its attempts to support the industry, by including a modest fee to their admission fees, which supports smaller concert halls.
He also joined in, generating more than £100,000 on his live tour to help 38 local spots across Britain.
The donation supported locations that were dealing with possible closure due to issues stemming from floods, fires and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Some locations obtained funding support in modernizing amenities and technical equipment that positively impacted musicians and fans.
"The notion that revenue from concerts in major spaces backs the independent spots, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just logical," the star has stated.
He is far from the only musician to give his award winnings to charitable organizations.
When they received the trophy in 1996 for their album Different Class, vocalist Cocker stated that the group would contribute their prize money to the charity War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite shared her award between several charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I gave a £1,000 to the center, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with the media.
Two years ago, the band gave their funds to the community center that supported their band, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Also the 1994 recipients the group gave their prize to a MS organization after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," remarked singer the singer. "The money was the extra but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our success affected another person's life."
Last week, the trust announced it had protected two local spots in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in that area and the second in Bristol were acquired under the public acquisition program, which is funded by a national body and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the properties.
