The star has donated the entirety of his £25,000 award prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to save the UK's independent live music spots.
He was presented with the prize on 16 October as his new release his work was declared the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
Fender has opted to hand the money over to the trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function local spots played in his beginning days.
"I would not have achieved what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the shows I played around the North East, and further afield, when I was beginning," stated Sam Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – roughly 16% of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, top acts including Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its efforts to support the industry, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which supports smaller concert halls.
Fender also took part, raising more than £100,000 on his live tour to help thirty-eight local spots across Britain.
The donation supported locations that were confronting imminent closure due to difficulties arising from floods, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces were granted financial assistance in improving amenities and technical equipment that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from performances in big venues helps the smaller venues, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," the star has stated.
Fender is not the first artist to contribute his award prize money to worthy causes.
When Pulp received the trophy in the year 1996 for their album the album, frontman Cocker stated that the group would give their cash to the charity War Child.
During 2002, musician Ms Dynamite split her bounty between a few charities, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I donated a grand to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with outlets.
Two years ago, the band donated their funds to the community center that supported their act, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year the group donated their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was identified with the condition.
"The victory was sufficient," said singer the singer. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't need the extra, because we had the honor. So our winning affected another person's life."
In the past week, the trust shared it had protected a couple of local spots in south-east England, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in the city and the other in Bristol were acquired under the public acquisition initiative, which is funded by the arts council and enthusiasts who buy "shares" in the venues.
