Sam Fender has given the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize cash to the MVT, which works to protect the United Kingdom's small live music spots.
Fender was given the prize on 16 October as his third album People Watching was chosen as the best record of the previous year.
He has decided to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the crucial part small stages played in his beginning days.
"As an artist would not have achieved what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the shows I played around the North East, and beyond, when I was beginning," remarked Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – approximately 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, top acts like Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its efforts to help venues survive, by adding a small levy to their ticket prices, which supports independent venues.
Sam Fender also participated, generating more than £100,000 on his live tour to help numerous local spots across Britain.
The money assisted locations that were confronting possible closure due to challenges caused by floods, fires and personal losses, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and sound issues.
Some locations were granted monetary aid in modernizing amenities and gear that directly benefitted musicians and audiences.
"The concept that funds from concerts in major spaces helps the independent spots, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just sensible," Fender has commented.
The musician is among several artists to give his award winnings to worthy causes.
In they earned the prize in the year 1996 for their record the album, frontman Jarvis Cocker stated that the act would contribute their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
That year, artist she split her prize across a few good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I donated a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked better apparatus," Ms Dynamite told the media.
Two years ago, the band contributed their funds to the local youth club that supported their group, as well as other independent music bodies.
And the 1994 recipients they contributed their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was found to have the illness.
"The victory was sufficient," said artist Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we could do without the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our winning touched the lives of others."
In the past week, the trust revealed it had protected several grassroots venues in the South East, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in the city and the other in Bristol were purchased under the public acquisition scheme, which is funded by a national body and enthusiasts who buy "stakes" in the properties.
