The star has donated the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound honor winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which works to preserve the Britain's independent music venues.
He was awarded the cheque on mid-October as his new release the album was declared the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
He has decided to hand the money over to the MVT, in recognition of the crucial part grassroots venues fulfilled in his early career.
"I couldn't be pursuing my current career if it hadn't been for all the gigs I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," stated Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – roughly 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, major artists including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by adding a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which supports smaller concert halls.
Fender also participated, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help numerous small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds assisted spaces that were confronting possible closure due to issues stemming from water damage, fires and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Additional spaces obtained funding support in improving amenities and gear that directly benefitted performers and audiences.
"The idea that money from performances in large arenas backs the independent spots, where it begins for artists like me, is just sensible," the star has commented.
He is far from the only musician to donate his award winnings to worthy causes.
In the band won the trophy in the year 1996 for their release Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker declared that the group would give their cash to the charity War Child.
During 2002, musician Ms Dynamite divided her award across a few good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I donated a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they needed new equipment," Ms Dynamite shared with a publication.
Two years ago, they gave their funds to the local youth club that developed their group, in addition to other local music groups.
And the 1994 recipients the group donated their prize to a MS organization after a friend was found to have the illness.
"Winning was sufficient," remarked singer the singer. "The cash was the extra but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our victory touched another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had saved two local spots in the South East, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The Joiners in Southampton and The Croft in Bristol were bought under the public acquisition scheme, which is supported by a national body and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the venues.
