Sam Fender has given the entirety of his £25,000 honor winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to save the Britain's grassroots concert spaces.
Fender was presented with the prize on 16 October as his new release his work was declared the best record of the previous year.
Fender has decided to donate the funds to the trust, in recognition of the crucial part small stages had in his early career.
"I personally wouldn't be doing this success if it hadn't been for all the performances I performed around the region, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these venues have shut down – about 16% of the total UK scene.
In the last year, well-known musicians such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a small levy to their admission fees, which goes to help independent venues.
He also participated, generating over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to assist thirty-eight small stages across the UK.
The money helped spaces that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties arising from flooding, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Other venues were granted monetary aid in modernizing infrastructure and gear that positively impacted musicians and fans.
"The concept that money from concerts in major spaces backs the independent spots, where it begins for artists like me, is just common sense," the star has stated.
Fender is among several artists to contribute his honor funds to charitable organizations.
When they won the award in the mid-90s for their release their work, lead singer Cocker announced that the act would give their prize money to the organization the charity.
During 2002, rapper and singer she split her bounty between several charities, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I gave a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite told outlets.
Previously, Ezra Collective donated their prize money to the community center that developed their band, as well as other local music groups.
And winners that year they gave their prize to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was found to have the condition.
"Winning was ample," remarked artist Heather Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted somebody else's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had protected a couple of local spots in south-east England, by placing them under local control.
The Joiners in Southampton and The Croft in that location were bought under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is backed by the arts council and supporters who purchase "stakes" in the venues.
