Sam Fender has donated the full amount of his £25,000 award cash to the MVT, which works to save the UK's small live music spots.
The star was presented with the prize on October 16 as his new release People Watching was declared the best record of the previous year.
Fender has decided to give the cash to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the crucial part small stages had in his early career.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the performances I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," said the artist. "These locations are legendary, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – approximately 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, major artists including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a small levy to their ticket costs, which benefits independent venues.
He also took part, collecting more than £100,000 on his live tour to support numerous grassroots venues across Britain.
The donation helped locations that were confronting possible closure due to difficulties arising from floods, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in improving amenities and technical equipment that helped artists and concertgoers.
"The notion that revenue from concerts in large arenas helps the smaller venues, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has stated.
Fender is far from the only musician to give his award winnings to good deeds.
In they received the trophy in the year 1996 for their release their work, frontman the singer declared that the act would donate their winnings to the charity War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer the artist split her prize among a few charities, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also contributed a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," she explained to the media.
In recent years, Ezra Collective donated their prize money to the local youth club that developed their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
Additionally the 1994 recipients the group contributed their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was diagnosed the disease.
"The victory was sufficient," said singer Heather Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't require the extra, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted somebody else's life."
Last week, the MVT announced it had protected two grassroots venues in south-east England, by placing them under local control.
The Joiners in Southampton and The Croft in the city were acquired under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is supported by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who buy "ownership units" in the venues.
