The artist has handed over the complete sum of his £25k honor cash to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to protect the Britain's independent concert spaces.
The star was presented with the cheque on 16 October as his new release his work was named the top album of the previous year.
The musician has opted to give the cash to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the essential function local spots fulfilled in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing my current career if it hadn't been for all the shows I played around the area, and further afield, when I was beginning," stated Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these venues have ceased operations – approximately one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, top acts such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which goes to help local stages.
Fender also participated, generating more than £100,000 on his live tour to assist numerous local spots across the UK.
The money helped locations that were facing possible closure due to issues caused by floods, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and noise complaints.
Additional spaces obtained monetary aid in improving facilities and technical equipment that helped musicians and audiences.
"The idea that money from performances in large arenas helps the independent spots, where it begins for performers like me, is just logical," Fender has said.
Fender is far from the only musician to give his award winnings to good deeds.
Back when the band received the prize in the year 1996 for their release Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker declared that the group would give their cash to the non-profit War Child.
That year, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite split her award across a few charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I donated a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked better apparatus," the artist told outlets.
Previously, the band contributed their prize money to the youth organization that nurtured their band, alongside other local music groups.
Also 1994 winners M People gave their award to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the condition.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," remarked artist the singer. "The prize was the extra but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our victory affected somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had saved several small stages in south-east England, by placing them under local control.
One venue in that area and the other in that location were acquired under the Own Our Venues program, which is funded by a national body and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the buildings.
