The artist has given the entirety of his £25k award prize money to the trust for venues, which works to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots live music spots.
The star was given the award on 16 October as his new release People Watching was chosen as the best record of the past year.
Fender has opted to donate the funds to the trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function local spots played in his beginning days.
"I wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the performances I played around the North East, and further afield, when I was beginning," said the artist. "These spaces are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – approximately one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, major artists like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to support the industry, by including a small levy to their ticket costs, which goes to help independent venues.
He also took part, raising in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to assist numerous grassroots venues across Britain.
The donation helped spaces that were dealing with possible closure due to challenges caused by water damage, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as permit problems, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces were granted funding support in upgrading infrastructure and gear that directly benefitted musicians and concertgoers.
"The notion that money from shows in big venues supports the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just sensible," Fender has stated.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his award prize money to worthy causes.
Back when they won the prize in the mid-90s for their album Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker announced that the band would donate their winnings to the organization War Child.
In 2002, musician Ms Dynamite shared her bounty among a few good causes, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I contributed a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," she shared with the media.
Previously, Ezra Collective contributed their prize money to the local youth club that nurtured their act, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Also the 1994 recipients they gave their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was found to have the disease.
"Winning was ample," said vocalist Heather Small. "The money was the bonus but we could do without the extra, because we had the cake. So our success impacted somebody else's life."
Recently, the trust revealed it had saved a couple of small stages in that region, by transferring them to local control.
The first in that area and the other in that location were acquired under the community ownership initiative, which is supported by the arts council and enthusiasts who acquire "stakes" in the buildings.
