The artist has donated the complete sum of his £25k Mercury Prize winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which works to save the United Kingdom's grassroots live music spots.
He was given the award on October 16 as his new release the album was declared the best record of the previous year.
Fender has chosen to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the vital role local spots had in his beginning days.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and beyond, when I was beginning," remarked Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these locations have permanently closed – roughly one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, top acts including the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a modest fee to their admission fees, which supports smaller concert halls.
He also joined in, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help thirty-eight local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation helped venues that were confronting potential shutdown due to difficulties arising from flooding, fires and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and sound issues.
Additional spaces obtained monetary aid in upgrading facilities and technical equipment that helped performers and audiences.
"The concept that funds from concerts in big venues helps the local stages, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.
He is not the first artist to donate his award funds to good deeds.
When they received the award in 1996 for their release their work, lead singer Jarvis Cocker declared that the group would donate their winnings to the charity War Child.
During 2002, artist the artist split her bounty across multiple good causes, such as the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I donated a grand to the center, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked updated gear," she explained to outlets.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective contributed their prize money to the local youth club that developed their act, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
And 1994 winners the group donated their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was diagnosed the disease.
"The victory was quite enough," remarked singer the singer. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the honor. So our winning affected somebody else's life."
In the past week, the trust shared it had saved a couple of grassroots venues in that region, by transferring them to community ownership.
The Joiners in that area and the second in that location were purchased under the public acquisition scheme, which is backed by the arts council and enthusiasts who acquire "shares" in the properties.
