The star has handed over the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound award prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to save the Britain's grassroots music venues.
He was presented with the cheque on 16 October as his new release People Watching was declared the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
Fender has opted to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the vital role grassroots venues played in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the North East, and further afield, when I was starting out," remarked the artist. "These spaces are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, top acts including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by including a small levy to their ticket prices, which benefits local stages.
He also joined in, raising in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to support thirty-eight local spots across Britain.
These funds supported venues that were dealing with potential shutdown due to challenges arising from floods, fires and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, court cases and sound issues.
Other venues received funding support in modernizing facilities and gear that helped musicians and fans.
"The notion that money from performances in large arenas helps the smaller venues, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just common sense," the star has commented.
He is far from the only musician to donate his award prize money to worthy causes.
Back when they earned the award in the year 1996 for their release Different Class, lead singer Cocker announced that the band would contribute their winnings to the organization the charity.
During 2002, artist she divided her bounty between several organizations, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I gave a £1,000 to the center, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required new equipment," Ms Dynamite told the media.
Previously, the band donated their winnings to the youth organization that nurtured their group, as well as other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year they donated their prize to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was identified with the condition.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," stated singer Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we could do without the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our success touched another person's life."
In the past week, the MVT announced it had rescued a couple of small stages in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
The first in Southampton and the other in Bristol were bought under the community ownership initiative, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who purchase "stakes" in the properties.
