The artist has handed over the full amount of his £25,000 honor winnings to the MVT, which works to protect the United Kingdom's grassroots live music spots.
Fender was given the award on 16 October as his third album People Watching was named the best record of the previous year.
The musician has chosen to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the vital role local spots had in his beginning days.
"I wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the gigs I did around the area, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these locations have permanently closed – roughly one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, well-known musicians like the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which benefits local stages.
Fender also joined in, raising over £100k on his recent tour to help numerous grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation supported locations that were facing imminent closure due to issues arising from water damage, blazes and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Some locations were granted funding support in improving infrastructure and technical equipment that helped performers and fans.
"The idea that revenue from shows in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just common sense," the star has commented.
The musician is far from the only musician to contribute his award winnings to worthy causes.
Back when they received the trophy in the mid-90s for their release the album, lead singer the singer announced that the act would contribute their cash to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, musician she split her bounty among several charities, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also contributed a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed new equipment," she told a publication.
In recent years, they donated their funds to the youth organization that nurtured their group, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year the group donated their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the condition.
"Winning was sufficient," stated vocalist Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't require the extra, because we had the cake. So our winning impacted another person's life."
Recently, the MVT shared it had saved several small stages in that region, by bringing them into local control.
One venue in the city and the second in that location were purchased under the community ownership scheme, which is backed by a national body and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the venues.
