Sam Fender has donated the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize cash to the MVT, which operates to save the Britain's independent music venues.
He was given the prize on mid-October as his third album People Watching was chosen as the best record of the past year.
Fender has opted to hand the money over to the trust, in appreciation of the vital role local spots played in his beginning days.
"I couldn't be pursuing my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and further afield, when I was just getting going," remarked Sam Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, well-known musicians like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which supports independent venues.
He also took part, raising over £100k on his recent tour to assist numerous local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money supported locations that were facing possible closure due to difficulties stemming from floods, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in improving infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted musicians and audiences.
"The idea that funds from performances in large arenas backs the independent spots, where it begins for performers like me, is just sensible," the star has stated.
The musician is far from the only musician to give his award prize money to good deeds.
Back when the band earned the trophy in the mid-90s for their record the album, frontman the singer stated that the band would contribute their winnings to the non-profit the charity.
During 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite shared her award between multiple good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I contributed a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they required updated gear," the artist explained to a publication.
In recent years, they gave their funds to the youth organization that supported their group, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Also the 1994 recipients the group contributed their winnings to a MS organization after a acquaintance was found to have the illness.
"The victory was sufficient," said singer the singer. "The money was the extra but we didn't require the extra, because we had the cake. So our victory affected somebody else's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued a couple of grassroots venues in that region, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The Joiners in Southampton and the second in Bristol were purchased under the public acquisition scheme, which is backed by Arts Council England and supporters who purchase "stakes" in the buildings.
