The artist has given the entirety of his £25k award prize money to the trust for venues, which works to save the United Kingdom's independent live music spots.
The star was given the award on 16 October as his third album People Watching was declared the best record of the past year.
He has opted to donate the funds to the trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part grassroots venues fulfilled in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the shows I performed around the region, and beyond, when I was beginning," remarked the artist. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these spaces have shut down – approximately one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its initiatives to help venues survive, by applying a modest fee to their ticket prices, which benefits independent venues.
Fender also joined in, generating over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to support 38 small stages across Britain.
The money assisted venues that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties stemming from flooding, blazes and bereavements, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Additional spaces obtained funding support in improving infrastructure and technical equipment that directly benefitted musicians and concertgoers.
"The idea that money from performances in big venues supports the independent spots, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," the star has stated.
He is not the first artist to give his award funds to worthy causes.
When they received the award in the mid-90s for their release their work, frontman Cocker stated that the band would contribute their cash to the charity the charity.
In 2002, rapper and singer she shared her bounty across a few good causes, including the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also contributed a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they needed new equipment," Ms Dynamite shared with a publication.
Two years ago, they contributed their prize money to the community center that supported their band, as well as other local music groups.
Additionally the 1994 recipients M People gave their winnings to a charity for MS after a close contact was found to have the disease.
"Winning was sufficient," said artist Small. "The cash was the extra but we could do without the bonus, because we had the cake. So our success impacted another person's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had saved a couple of local spots in the South East, by bringing them into community ownership.
The Joiners in the city and the other in the city were bought under the community ownership program, which is backed by a national body and supporters who buy "stakes" in the venues.
