The artist has handed over the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound award prize money to the MVT, which operates to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots music venues.
Fender was awarded the cheque on 16 October as his third album his work was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
The musician has decided to hand the money over to the MVT, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues had in his beginning days.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing my current career if it hadn't been for all the performances I performed around the North East, and beyond, when I was beginning," remarked the artist. "These venues are renowned, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these locations have ceased operations – roughly one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, well-known musicians like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its efforts to support the industry, by including a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which goes to help local stages.
Fender also took part, collecting over £100k on his recent tour to help numerous grassroots venues across the UK.
These funds supported locations that were confronting imminent closure due to difficulties stemming from floods, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, conflicts and noise complaints.
Other venues were granted funding support in modernizing amenities and gear that positively impacted artists and fans.
"The concept that revenue from shows in big venues helps the local stages, where it begins for performers like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has said.
The musician is among several artists to donate his Mercury Prize funds to worthy causes.
In the band won the trophy in the mid-90s for their album the album, frontman Jarvis Cocker stated that the act would donate their winnings to the charity War Child.
In 2002, musician the artist split her prize across multiple organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I donated a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with the media.
Previously, the band contributed their winnings to the youth organization that developed their band, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Also winners that year they gave their winnings to a charity for MS after a close contact was diagnosed the illness.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," said singer the singer. "The prize was the extra but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the cake. So our success touched the lives of others."
Last week, the MVT revealed it had rescued two small stages in that region, by transferring them to community ownership.
One venue in that area and the second in that location were purchased under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is supported by the arts council and music fans who purchase "stakes" in the buildings.
