The star has donated the entirety of his £25k honor prize money to the MVT, which works to protect the Britain's small music venues.
The star was given the prize on October 16 as his latest record the album was chosen as the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the vital role local spots fulfilled in his early career.
"As an artist would not have achieved what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the shows I performed around the region, and beyond, when I was starting out," stated the artist. "These venues are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have shut down – about 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, well-known musicians like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a small levy to their admission fees, which goes to help local stages.
Fender also took part, collecting over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to assist 38 small stages across the UK.
The donation assisted venues that were dealing with imminent closure due to issues caused by flooding, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, court cases and noise complaints.
Additional spaces were granted financial assistance in upgrading facilities and gear that helped musicians and audiences.
"The notion that funds from shows in big venues backs the independent spots, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," Fender has commented.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his award winnings to worthy causes.
In the band received the prize in the year 1996 for their release the album, vocalist the singer stated that the band would contribute their cash to the charity War Child.
That year, musician Ms Dynamite shared her award between several charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also gave a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they needed better apparatus," she shared with a publication.
In recent years, the band contributed their winnings to the community center that nurtured their act, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
Also winners that year M People gave their award to a MS organization after a close contact was found to have the disease.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," said singer Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the honor. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the MVT announced it had protected two grassroots venues in that region, by transferring them to local control.
The Joiners in that area and the second in that location were bought under the community ownership initiative, which is funded by a national body and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
