Sam Fender has handed over the complete sum of his £25k award cash to the MVT, which functions to protect the UK's independent music venues.
Fender was given the cheque on October 16 as his third album the album was declared the top album of the past year.
The musician has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in recognition of the crucial part grassroots venues had in his initial steps.
"As an artist would not have achieved what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the shows I played around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," stated Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – roughly 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, top acts such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which goes to help independent venues.
He also joined in, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to assist thirty-eight small stages across Britain.
The donation assisted locations that were confronting possible closure due to challenges arising from water damage, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and sound issues.
Additional spaces obtained monetary aid in modernizing amenities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted musicians and audiences.
"The notion that funds from concerts in major spaces helps the independent spots, where it begins for musicians like me, is just sensible," the star has stated.
He is far from the only musician to donate his award funds to good deeds.
When the band received the trophy in the mid-90s for their release Different Class, vocalist Jarvis Cocker declared that the band would donate their cash to the charity War Child.
In 2002, artist she split her award between several organizations, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also contributed a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite told the media.
Two years ago, they gave their prize money to the local youth club that supported their act, alongside other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year they donated their winnings to a MS organization after a friend was found to have the condition.
"The victory was ample," remarked singer Heather Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the cake. So our success touched another person's life."
In the past week, the trust shared it had protected a couple of local spots in the South East, by transferring them to community ownership.
One venue in the city and the other in Bristol were acquired under the Own Our Venues program, which is funded by Arts Council England and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the venues.
