The artist has given the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound award prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to protect the UK's grassroots music venues.
He was presented with the cheque on October 16 as his latest record People Watching was named the best record of the previous year.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role local spots played 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 performed around the North East, and further afield, when I was starting out," remarked Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have shut down – approximately 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, well-known musicians like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by adding a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help local stages.
Fender also took part, generating in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to support numerous local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds helped locations that were confronting imminent closure due to difficulties arising from water damage, fires and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, conflicts and noise complaints.
Some locations were granted financial assistance in upgrading amenities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted musicians and fans.
"The notion that money from performances in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it all starts for performers like me, is just sensible," the star has said.
He is far from the only musician to donate his honor funds to charitable organizations.
When Pulp earned the trophy in the year 1996 for their album Different Class, lead singer the singer declared that the act would donate their cash to the charity the charity.
During 2002, musician the artist split her prize between a few organizations, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I contributed a grand to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required updated gear," the artist shared with the media.
In recent years, the band donated their funds to the community center that nurtured their act, as well as other independent music bodies.
Also winners that year M People contributed their award to a charity for MS after a close contact was found to have the disease.
"The victory was quite enough," said singer Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our winning touched another person's life."
In the past week, the trust shared it had saved a couple of grassroots venues in that region, by bringing them into local control.
One venue in the city and the other in the city were acquired under the community ownership scheme, which is backed by Arts Council England and supporters who purchase "ownership units" in the venues.
