Sam Fender has given the full amount of his £25k honor prize money to the MVT, which functions to save the Britain's grassroots music venues.
He was given the award on mid-October as his latest record the album was chosen as the top album of the past year.
Fender has chosen to donate the funds to the MVT, in recognition of the crucial part grassroots venues played in his beginning days.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," stated the artist. "These venues are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, top acts such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by including a modest fee to their ticket costs, which benefits local stages.
He also joined in, raising in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to support numerous grassroots venues across the UK.
The donation helped venues that were confronting possible closure due to issues caused by flooding, fires and bereavements, as well as permit problems, court cases and sound issues.
Some locations received monetary aid in modernizing amenities and gear that directly benefitted artists and fans.
"The idea that money from concerts in major spaces backs the local stages, where it begins for performers like me, is just logical," Fender has said.
The musician is far from the only musician to contribute his award funds to good deeds.
Back when they earned the trophy in the mid-90s for their release Different Class, vocalist the singer announced that the band would give their cash to the charity the charity.
In 2002, rapper and singer she divided her prize across a few organizations, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also donated a grand to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked updated gear," Ms Dynamite shared with outlets.
In recent years, they donated their winnings to the youth organization that supported their band, in addition to other local music groups.
Also 1994 winners the group donated their winnings to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was found to have the disease.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," remarked vocalist Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we could do without the extra, because we had the honor. So our success affected somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had protected a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The Joiners in Southampton and the second in Bristol were bought under the community ownership program, which is funded by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
