The star has donated the complete sum of his £25k award winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to protect the UK's small live music spots.
Fender was presented with the prize on October 16 as his third album the album was chosen as the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
Fender has decided to donate the funds to the trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role local spots had in his early career.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I played around the area, and beyond, when I was beginning," remarked the artist. "These locations are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – approximately 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, top acts such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its initiatives to support the industry, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which benefits independent venues.
He also participated, generating in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to assist 38 small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money supported locations that were confronting possible closure due to challenges stemming from floods, fires and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and sound issues.
Additional spaces obtained monetary aid in upgrading amenities and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and audiences.
"The concept that funds from concerts in major spaces supports the local stages, where it begins for performers like me, is just sensible," Fender has stated.
He is far from the only musician to donate his award prize money to good deeds.
When the band won the trophy in the mid-90s for their album Different Class, frontman Cocker declared that the band would contribute their prize money to the charity War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer she shared her prize between several good causes, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I donated a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked better apparatus," she explained to a publication.
Previously, the band contributed their winnings to the community center that supported their band, as well as other independent music bodies.
And the 1994 recipients they donated their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was found to have the disease.
"Winning was sufficient," said artist Small. "The cash was the bonus but we could do without the bonus, because we had the honor. So our success touched another person's life."
Recently, the trust revealed it had rescued a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by placing them under local control.
One venue in Southampton and the second in the city were acquired under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is supported by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who buy "stakes" in the buildings.
