The star has given the complete sum of his £25,000 honor winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to save the United Kingdom's independent live music spots.
Fender was presented with the prize on October 16 as his latest record People Watching was declared the best record of the past year.
He has decided to donate the funds to the trust, in recognition of the crucial part local spots had in his beginning days.
"I couldn't be pursuing my current career if it hadn't been for all the shows I did around the region, and further afield, when I was starting out," remarked Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these locations have ceased operations – approximately one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Recently, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its initiatives to help venues survive, by applying a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
He also joined in, raising in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to assist thirty-eight grassroots venues across Britain.
The money helped locations that were facing possible closure due to issues stemming from flooding, fires and bereavements, as well as permit problems, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces were granted funding support in improving infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted artists and concertgoers.
"The idea that revenue from concerts in major spaces helps the independent spots, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just logical," the star has commented.
Fender is not the first artist to give his honor funds to good deeds.
Back when Pulp earned the trophy in 1996 for their release Different Class, vocalist Jarvis Cocker declared that the group would donate their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, musician the artist divided her award among several good causes, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they required new equipment," Ms Dynamite explained to a publication.
Previously, they gave their prize money to the community center that supported their group, as well as other independent music bodies.
Additionally the 1994 recipients they gave their prize to a MS organization after a friend was found to have the illness.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," remarked artist the singer. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't require the extra, because we had the cake. So our victory affected the lives of others."
Recently, the MVT revealed it had rescued two grassroots venues in the South East, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The first in that area and the other in the city were bought under the public acquisition program, which is funded by a national body and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the properties.
