The star has donated the full amount of his £25k award prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to protect the Britain's grassroots live music spots.
Fender was presented with the prize on mid-October as his latest record the album was chosen as the best record of the previous year.
Fender has decided to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the crucial part local spots fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I personally would not have achieved what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the performances I played around the region, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," said Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these locations have shut down – approximately 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, well-known musicians such as Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by including a small levy to their ticket costs, which benefits local stages.
Fender also took part, generating over £100k on his recent tour to support thirty-eight grassroots venues across the UK.
The donation helped locations that were dealing with potential shutdown due to challenges caused by flooding, blazes and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Some locations obtained monetary aid in modernizing infrastructure and gear that directly benefitted artists and audiences.
"The notion that revenue from shows in large arenas helps the local stages, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just common sense," the star has commented.
Fender is not the first artist to give his honor winnings to charitable organizations.
In Pulp earned the award in the mid-90s for their album the album, lead singer Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would donate their winnings to the charity the charity.
In 2002, rapper and singer she shared her bounty across a few organizations, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I gave a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required new equipment," the artist told a publication.
Two years ago, they contributed their winnings to the local youth club that supported their band, as well as other independent music bodies.
Also the 1994 recipients they gave their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was found to have the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," stated artist Heather Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our victory affected the lives of others."
Recently, the trust revealed it had saved two grassroots venues in that region, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in the city and The Croft in the city were bought under the public acquisition scheme, which is funded by the arts council and enthusiasts who acquire "stakes" in the buildings.
