The star has handed over the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound honor winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which works to preserve the Britain's small music venues.
The star was given the cheque on mid-October as his new release People Watching was declared the outstanding release of the previous year.
Fender has decided to give the cash to the trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part local spots fulfilled in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing this success if it weren't for all the performances I played around the region, and further afield, when I was just getting going," said Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these locations have ceased operations – roughly one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, well-known musicians including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its attempts to support the industry, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which supports local stages.
Fender also participated, generating in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to support thirty-eight grassroots venues across Britain.
The money assisted venues that were facing potential shutdown due to difficulties caused by water damage, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as permit problems, court cases and neighbor objections.
Other venues were granted financial assistance in improving facilities and gear that helped performers and concertgoers.
"The idea that money from performances in big venues backs the independent spots, where it all starts for performers like me, is just logical," the star has said.
Fender is not the first artist to give his award funds to worthy causes.
In they won the prize in the mid-90s for their release Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker stated that the act would contribute their cash to the charity War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer she split her bounty among several organizations, such as the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I contributed a grand to my local community centre, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they required new equipment," Ms Dynamite explained to the media.
Two years ago, the band donated their winnings to the community center that developed their band, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Also the 1994 recipients the group gave their prize to a charity for MS after a close contact was identified with the disease.
"Winning was quite enough," said vocalist Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the cake. So our winning affected somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT shared it had rescued several local spots in that region, by bringing them into community ownership.
The first in the city and the second in that location were purchased under the public acquisition program, which is supported by a national body and music fans who buy "ownership units" in the properties.
