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Sam Fender has donated the full amount of his £25k honor cash to the MVT, which works to save the United Kingdom's small music venues.

Fender was given the award on mid-October as his latest record his work was chosen as the best record of the past year.

The musician has opted to give the cash to the trust, in recognition of the essential function local spots played in his early career.

"As an artist would not have achieved my current career if it hadn't been for all the gigs I did around the North East, and further afield, when I was beginning," said Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are in difficulty."

Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these locations have ceased operations – roughly 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.

Recently, top acts such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which goes to help independent venues.

He also participated, raising in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help 38 small stages across Britain.

The money helped venues that were confronting imminent closure due to issues arising from floods, fires and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and sound issues.

Additional spaces received funding support in improving amenities and technical equipment that positively impacted performers and audiences.

"The notion that funds from shows in major spaces supports the smaller venues, where it all starts for performers like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.

Fender is not the first artist to contribute his honor winnings to good deeds.

In they won the award in the year 1996 for their album their work, vocalist the singer announced that the group would give their cash to the charity the charity.

During 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite shared her award between several charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.

"And I gave a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed new equipment," she told a publication.

In recent years, Ezra Collective donated their funds to the youth organization that nurtured their group, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.

Additionally winners that year M People gave their winnings to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was identified with the disease.

"Winning was ample," stated vocalist Heather Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the cake. So our success impacted the lives of others."

Last week, the MVT announced it had protected a couple of grassroots venues in south-east England, by transferring them to local control.

One venue in that area and the other in Bristol were purchased under the public acquisition scheme, which is supported by Arts Council England and music fans who acquire "stakes" in the properties.