The star has donated the full amount of his £25k Mercury Prize prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which works to protect the UK's small live music spots.
The star was presented with the award on 16 October as his third album the album was named the top album of the previous year.
The musician has chosen to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the crucial part small stages played in his early career.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it hadn't been for all the shows I performed around the region, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these venues have ceased operations – roughly one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, well-known musicians like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its attempts to support the industry, by applying a small levy to their ticket costs, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Fender also joined in, generating in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to help thirty-eight small stages across the UK.
The money assisted spaces that were confronting potential shutdown due to issues arising from flooding, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and sound issues.
Other venues were granted financial assistance in improving infrastructure and gear that helped performers and fans.
"The idea that revenue from concerts in big venues backs the smaller venues, where it all starts for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has stated.
The musician is among several artists to donate his Mercury Prize prize money to charitable organizations.
When Pulp earned the award in the mid-90s for their record the album, lead singer the singer announced that the band would contribute their prize money to the non-profit the charity.
In 2002, rapper and singer the artist shared her bounty between a few good causes, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I contributed a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked better apparatus," the artist shared with the media.
Previously, Ezra Collective contributed their funds to the community center that developed their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
And 1994 winners the group donated their award to a MS organization after a close contact was diagnosed the illness.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," stated singer Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our winning touched the lives of others."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued several grassroots venues in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
The first in the city and the other in that location were purchased under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by Arts Council England and supporters who buy "shares" in the venues.
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