Sam Fender has donated the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize winnings to the MVT, which operates to protect the United Kingdom's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was presented with the prize on mid-October as his third album the album was declared the outstanding release of the previous year.
Fender has chosen to give the cash to the MVT, in appreciation of the crucial part small stages fulfilled in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the shows I did around the region, and beyond, when I was just getting going," stated Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – roughly 16% of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, well-known musicians like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which goes to help independent venues.
Fender also took part, collecting more than £100,000 on his recent tour to assist thirty-eight small stages across Britain.
The donation assisted locations that were dealing with possible closure due to issues stemming from flooding, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Other venues obtained monetary aid in modernizing amenities and gear that helped performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that revenue from performances in big venues supports the smaller venues, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
The musician is among several artists to donate his honor funds to good deeds.
In Pulp won the award in the year 1996 for their record their work, lead singer Jarvis Cocker stated that the group would contribute their prize money to the charity War Child.
That year, musician she shared her prize across several charities, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I donated a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked new equipment," she shared with a publication.
In recent years, Ezra Collective donated their prize money to the local youth club that developed their group, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year they donated their prize to a charity for MS after a friend was diagnosed the disease.
"Winning was sufficient," remarked vocalist Heather Small. "The cash was the extra but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the cake. So our winning touched the lives of others."
In the past week, the MVT announced it had saved two local spots in that region, by placing them under public stewardship.
The Joiners in the city and the second in the city were purchased under the public acquisition initiative, which is supported by a national body and music fans who buy "shares" in the buildings.
