The star has given the complete sum of his £25,000 honor prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the United Kingdom's independent music venues.
The star was awarded the prize on October 16 as his latest record People Watching was declared the best record of the past year.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the trust, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues played in his early career.
"As an artist would not have achieved my current career if it hadn't been for all the gigs I played around the North East, and beyond, when I was just getting going," remarked the artist. "These venues are legendary, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have shut down – approximately 16% of the entire UK sector.
Recently, major artists like the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their admission fees, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also participated, collecting more than £100,000 on his recent tour to assist 38 grassroots venues across Britain.
The donation supported locations that were confronting possible closure due to challenges stemming from water damage, fires and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Additional spaces obtained monetary aid in upgrading infrastructure and technical equipment that positively impacted artists and fans.
"The idea that funds from shows in big venues helps the smaller venues, where it all starts for performers like me, is just logical," the star has commented.
He is not the first artist to give his award funds to charitable organizations.
Back when the band received the prize in 1996 for their release Different Class, frontman the singer declared that the band would give their prize money to the charity War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite divided her award across multiple charities, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I gave a grand to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with outlets.
Previously, the band gave their prize money to the youth organization that supported their group, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
And the 1994 recipients they contributed their prize to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was identified with the disease.
"Winning was quite enough," said artist the singer. "The prize was the bonus but we could do without the cherry, because we had the cake. So our success affected somebody else's life."
Last week, the trust shared it had rescued two grassroots venues in south-east England, by placing them under local control.
One venue in the city and the second in Bristol were purchased under the community ownership program, which is supported by the arts council and music fans who purchase "shares" in the properties.
