The artist has donated the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound honor cash to the Music Venues Trust, which works to save the UK's grassroots music venues.
He was given the award on mid-October as his latest record People Watching was chosen as the best record of the last 12 months.
He has chosen to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the essential function small stages fulfilled in his early career.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing my current career if it hadn't been for all the performances I played around the region, and further afield, when I was beginning," remarked Sam Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these venues have ceased operations – about one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, top acts including the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its efforts to support the industry, by including a small levy to their ticket prices, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also took part, raising in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to assist thirty-eight local spots across the UK.
These funds helped venues that were facing possible closure due to challenges stemming from floods, blazes and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, court cases and sound issues.
Other venues received financial assistance in upgrading amenities and technical equipment that positively impacted musicians and audiences.
"The concept that funds from performances in major spaces backs the independent spots, where it all starts for performers like me, is just common sense," Fender has stated.
Fender is far from the only musician to donate his award funds to good deeds.
In the band won the award in 1996 for their release their work, vocalist Cocker stated that the act would give their prize money to the organization War Child.
That year, musician Ms Dynamite shared her bounty among several good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I gave a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they required updated gear," the artist shared with a publication.
In recent years, they contributed their funds to the community center that nurtured their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally the 1994 recipients the group gave their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was identified with the illness.
"Winning was quite enough," stated singer Heather Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the cake. So our victory touched another person's life."
Last week, the MVT announced it had rescued several local spots in the South East, by placing them under local control.
The Joiners in Southampton and the other in that location were acquired under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by Arts Council England and music fans who buy "shares" in the buildings.
