Sam Fender has given the entirety of his £25,000 award winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to preserve the Britain's independent concert spaces.
He was presented with the cheque on mid-October as his latest record his work was chosen as the outstanding release of the past year.
He has decided to give the cash to the MVT, in appreciation of the essential function local spots fulfilled in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the shows I performed around the area, and further afield, when I was starting out," stated the artist. "These spaces are legendary, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – roughly 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, well-known musicians such as Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their admission fees, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Fender also took part, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across Britain.
The money supported locations that were confronting possible closure due to difficulties caused by water damage, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and sound issues.
Other venues received monetary aid in modernizing facilities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted artists and audiences.
"The notion that funds from shows in big venues helps the independent spots, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just sensible," the star has stated.
The musician is among several artists to donate his award funds to worthy causes.
Back when Pulp earned the award in the year 1996 for their record the album, vocalist the singer declared that the band would contribute their prize money to the organization War Child.
In 2002, musician she shared her prize among several charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I gave a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," Ms Dynamite explained to the media.
In recent years, they donated their funds to the youth organization that supported their group, alongside other local music groups.
And the 1994 recipients the group contributed their winnings to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was identified with the illness.
"The victory was sufficient," said singer Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't require the extra, because we had the honor. So our victory impacted the lives of others."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had saved several grassroots venues in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in that area and the second in the city were bought under the community ownership initiative, which is backed by the arts council and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the properties.
