The star has given the full amount of his £25,000 award winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to save the United Kingdom's independent concert spaces.
Fender was awarded the prize on mid-October as his latest record his work was chosen as the best record of the past year.
The musician has chosen to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the crucial part grassroots venues played in his beginning days.
"I personally wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," said Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these locations have permanently closed – about one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, top acts like Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to support the industry, by adding a modest fee to their ticket costs, which benefits independent venues.
He also joined in, raising over £100k on his live tour to assist numerous small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money supported locations that were confronting potential shutdown due to difficulties caused by floods, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as permit problems, court cases and neighbor objections.
Other venues obtained monetary aid in modernizing facilities and gear that positively impacted artists and audiences.
"The concept that money from concerts in major spaces supports the smaller venues, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," Fender has commented.
Fender is among several artists to give his honor funds to good deeds.
When the band received the award in 1996 for their album their work, lead singer the singer announced that the band would contribute their winnings to the charity War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer she divided her bounty among multiple charities, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I donated a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with a publication.
Previously, they donated their winnings to the local youth club that nurtured their group, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year they donated their prize to a MS organization after a acquaintance was identified with the condition.
"Winning was sufficient," said singer Heather Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our victory impacted the lives of others."
Last week, the MVT shared it had protected two grassroots venues in that region, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The first in the city and The Croft in Bristol were purchased under the public acquisition scheme, which is supported by Arts Council England and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the properties.
