The artist has donated the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound award winnings to the trust for venues, which operates to preserve the Britain's small concert spaces.
He was awarded the cheque on 16 October as his latest record People Watching was chosen as the best record of the past year.
He has decided to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the essential function local spots played in his initial steps.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the shows I played around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said the artist. "These spaces are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these locations have ceased operations – approximately one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, major artists including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its attempts to support the industry, by adding a small levy to their admission fees, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Fender also took part, collecting over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to assist thirty-eight local spots across Britain.
The money helped locations that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties stemming from water damage, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Other venues were granted monetary aid in improving facilities and gear that positively impacted artists and audiences.
"The idea that money from shows in big venues backs the local stages, where it begins for musicians like me, is just logical," Fender has commented.
He is among several artists to give his honor prize money to charitable organizations.
Back when they won the trophy in 1996 for their release Different Class, vocalist Jarvis Cocker declared that the band would donate their prize money to the charity War Child.
That year, musician the artist shared her bounty across several organizations, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I donated a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked updated gear," she shared with the media.
In recent years, the band donated their prize money to the community center that nurtured their group, as well as other independent music bodies.
Also 1994 winners they gave their award to a charity for MS after a close contact was diagnosed the condition.
"Winning was sufficient," stated singer the singer. "The money was the extra but we could do without the extra, because we had the main prize. So our success touched another person's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had saved several grassroots venues in that region, by bringing them into community ownership.
One venue in Southampton and the other in Bristol were acquired under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is supported by Arts Council England and music fans who buy "stakes" in the buildings.
