The artist has donated the full amount of his £25k award cash to the trust for venues, which operates to save the UK's grassroots music venues.
He was awarded the cheque on mid-October as his third album his work was declared the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
Fender has opted to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function grassroots venues played in his beginning days.
"I personally would not have achieved what I am doing today if it weren't for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and beyond, when I was just getting going," stated Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these venues have shut down – about 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, well-known musicians like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by including a modest fee to their ticket prices, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
He also took part, collecting more than £100,000 on his live tour to help thirty-eight small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds helped locations that were dealing with potential shutdown due to challenges arising from water damage, blazes and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces received financial assistance in upgrading amenities and sound and lighting systems that helped musicians and audiences.
"The idea that money from performances in big venues helps the smaller venues, where it begins for musicians like me, is just sensible," the star has said.
Fender is among several artists to give his award winnings to charitable organizations.
Back when the band earned the trophy in the mid-90s for their album their work, frontman Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would donate their winnings to the charity War Child.
During 2002, musician she shared her award across multiple charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I donated a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," the artist explained to the media.
Previously, the band contributed their prize money to the youth organization that supported their group, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally 1994 winners the group donated their winnings to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the disease.
"Winning was quite enough," remarked artist Heather Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't need the extra, because we had the cake. So our winning impacted another person's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had saved several local spots in that region, by transferring them to local control.
The first in the city and The Croft in the city were acquired under the community ownership initiative, which is funded by Arts Council England and supporters who buy "shares" in the properties.
