The artist has donated the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound honor winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which works to save the United Kingdom's independent live music spots.
The star was presented with the award on October 16 as his new release the album was declared the best record of the past year.
He has opted to donate the funds to the trust, in appreciation of the essential function small stages played in his early career.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it weren't for all the shows I played around the region, and further afield, when I was just getting going," remarked Fender. "These venues are renowned, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these venues have shut down – about one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, top acts including the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by adding a small levy to their ticket costs, which supports local stages.
He also joined in, generating in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support 38 grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation supported locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties caused by flooding, blazes and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and noise complaints.
Other venues received monetary aid in upgrading facilities and technical equipment that helped performers and fans.
"The idea that revenue from concerts in major spaces backs the smaller venues, where it begins for performers like me, is just common sense," Fender has said.
He is among several artists to contribute his award funds to worthy causes.
When they earned the award in the mid-90s for their album Different Class, frontman Cocker declared that the group would donate their winnings to the organization War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer she shared her award among a few charities, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I gave a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with the media.
In recent years, the band contributed their prize money to the community center that nurtured their band, alongside other local music groups.
And the 1994 recipients M People gave their award to a charity for MS after a friend was identified with the disease.
"The victory was sufficient," remarked artist Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the cake. So our winning touched the lives of others."
Last week, the MVT announced it had saved two grassroots venues in that region, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in that area and the other in the city were acquired under the community ownership scheme, which is funded by Arts Council England and music fans who buy "stakes" in the buildings.
