The artist has given the entirety of his £25k honor prize money to the MVT, which works to protect the Britain's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was presented with the award on October 16 as his new release his work was declared the top album of the last 12 months.
He has decided to donate the funds to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the crucial part small stages played in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing this success if it wasn't for all the gigs I played around the area, and beyond, when I was starting out," said the artist. "These venues are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these venues have ceased operations – roughly one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by adding a small levy to their ticket costs, which supports independent venues.
Fender also participated, collecting more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to help thirty-eight local spots across Britain.
These funds supported venues that were facing imminent closure due to issues arising from floods, fires and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces received funding support in upgrading facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted performers and audiences.
"The idea that funds from shows in large arenas helps the independent spots, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just common sense," the star has commented.
He is not the first artist to give his award funds to good deeds.
When the band received the award in the mid-90s for their release the album, vocalist Cocker announced that the act would contribute their cash to the charity War Child.
In 2002, musician she split her prize across a few good causes, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they required new equipment," Ms Dynamite explained to outlets.
Two years ago, the band donated their prize money to the local youth club that supported their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
And winners that year the group donated their award to a MS organization after a close contact was found to have the illness.
"Winning was ample," said vocalist the singer. "The money was the extra but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our winning touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust shared it had protected two grassroots venues in the South East, by transferring them to local control.
The Joiners in Southampton and the second in Bristol were purchased under the public acquisition program, which is backed by Arts Council England and music fans who buy "ownership units" in the buildings.
