The artist has given the complete sum of his £25k award cash to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to save the United Kingdom's independent music venues.
He was given the award on 16 October as his third album the album was chosen as the best record of the previous year.
Fender has decided to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the crucial part small stages played in his initial steps.
"I personally wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the region, and further afield, when I was beginning," said the artist. "These spaces are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – approximately one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, major artists such as Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to support the industry, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which benefits independent venues.
Fender also took part, collecting over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to support thirty-eight grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds helped locations that were confronting imminent closure due to challenges stemming from floods, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Some locations received monetary aid in modernizing facilities and technical equipment that positively impacted artists and audiences.
"The idea that money from concerts in big venues backs the independent spots, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just common sense," the star has said.
Fender is not the first artist to donate his award winnings to worthy causes.
When they won the award in the year 1996 for their album the album, vocalist the singer declared that the band would give their prize money to the organization the charity.
During 2002, musician the artist split her prize across a few charities, such as the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I contributed a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," the artist shared with a publication.
In recent years, they contributed their prize money to the youth organization that nurtured their act, alongside other independent music bodies.
Also 1994 winners M People gave their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was found to have the condition.
"Winning was quite enough," remarked artist the singer. "The prize was the bonus but we could do without the extra, because we had the cake. So our victory affected somebody else's life."
Recently, the trust revealed it had protected two local spots in the South East, by placing them under public stewardship.
One venue in Southampton and the other in the city were bought under the community ownership initiative, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who buy "shares" in the venues.
