The star has handed over the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound award prize money to the MVT, which functions to preserve the Britain's small concert spaces.
He was given the cheque on 16 October as his latest record People Watching was named the best record of the past year.
He has decided to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues had in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing this success if it hadn't been for all the shows I performed around the region, and beyond, when I was beginning," remarked Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these venues have ceased operations – roughly 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Recently, top acts such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its initiatives to support the industry, by including a modest fee to their ticket prices, which supports smaller concert halls.
Fender also participated, raising in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across Britain.
These funds helped spaces that were confronting potential shutdown due to issues arising from water damage, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Other venues were granted funding support in improving amenities and technical equipment that helped musicians and fans.
"The concept that money from performances in major spaces backs the local stages, where it begins for musicians like me, is just logical," Fender has stated.
He is far from the only musician to give his award winnings to worthy causes.
When the band earned the award in 1996 for their record Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker stated that the act would contribute their prize money to the charity War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer she divided her award across a few good causes, like the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I contributed a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked new equipment," the artist told outlets.
Two years ago, they donated their winnings to the youth organization that nurtured their group, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally the 1994 recipients the group contributed their winnings to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was found to have the condition.
"The victory was ample," stated vocalist the singer. "The prize was the extra but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the honor. So our winning affected another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had protected a couple of small stages in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
The first in Southampton and the second in Bristol were acquired under the public acquisition initiative, which is funded by Arts Council England and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the buildings.
