Sam Fender has given the complete sum of his £25,000 honor cash to the MVT, which functions to preserve the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was given the cheque on 16 October as his third album his work was declared the best record of the last 12 months.
Fender has decided to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the essential function small stages had in his initial steps.
"I would not have achieved this success if it hadn't been for all the performances I performed around the North East, and beyond, when I was beginning," said Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these venues have shut down – about one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, top acts including the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their ticket prices, which goes to help independent venues.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help numerous grassroots venues across the UK.
These funds supported locations that were dealing with potential shutdown due to difficulties stemming from floods, fires and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and sound issues.
Some locations were granted funding support in upgrading facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted artists and audiences.
"The notion that revenue from shows in large arenas helps the local stages, where it all starts for performers like me, is just common sense," Fender has said.
He is far from the only musician to give his award prize money to worthy causes.
Back when they won the trophy in the year 1996 for their release Different Class, lead singer the singer stated that the band would give their prize money to the organization War Child.
In 2002, musician the artist shared her prize between several charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also donated a grand to the center, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked new equipment," Ms Dynamite explained to outlets.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective contributed their funds to the local youth club that developed their group, alongside other independent music bodies.
Also winners that year M People gave their prize to a charity for MS after a close contact was identified with the disease.
"The victory was quite enough," said vocalist Small. "The money was the bonus but we could do without the extra, because we had the main prize. So our success touched the lives of others."
In the past week, the trust announced it had protected a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by placing them under community ownership.
One venue in the city and the other in the city were acquired under the community ownership scheme, which is supported by the arts council and enthusiasts who buy "shares" in the buildings.
