Sam Fender has donated the entirety of his £25,000 award prize money to the trust for venues, which operates to preserve the Britain's grassroots concert spaces.
He was awarded the prize on 16 October as his latest record his work was chosen as the outstanding release of the previous year.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the MVT, in recognition of the vital role local spots fulfilled in his early career.
"I personally wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the gigs I played around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," said Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these locations have shut down – about one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, major artists such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its efforts to help venues survive, by applying a modest fee to their admission fees, which goes to help local stages.
Sam Fender also took part, generating in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to assist thirty-eight small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money assisted locations that were confronting potential shutdown due to issues stemming from floods, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Other venues obtained monetary aid in upgrading facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted musicians and concertgoers.
"The idea that revenue from shows in big venues helps the independent spots, where it begins for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has stated.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his award funds to good deeds.
In Pulp received the trophy in the year 1996 for their release the album, frontman Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would give their cash to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer the artist shared her prize among multiple charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also donated a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," she shared with outlets.
In recent years, the band contributed their funds to the youth organization that nurtured their act, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
And 1994 winners they gave their winnings to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was found to have the illness.
"Winning was quite enough," stated artist Heather Small. "The prize was the extra but we didn't need the extra, because we had the cake. So our victory touched another person's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had protected several small stages in the South East, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in the city and the second in the city were acquired under the community ownership initiative, which is funded by Arts Council England and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the properties.
