Sam Fender has handed over the full amount of his £25k Mercury Prize prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to save the Britain's small music venues.
Fender was presented with the award on 16 October as his third album People Watching was named the best record of the previous year.
He has chosen to donate the funds to the trust, in recognition of the essential function local spots played in his beginning days.
"I would not have achieved what I am doing today if it weren't for all the shows I played around the region, and beyond, when I was starting out," remarked Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these spaces have shut down – about one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, well-known musicians such as the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which benefits smaller concert halls.
He also took part, generating over £100k on his recent tour to assist 38 local spots across the UK.
The donation assisted spaces that were confronting potential shutdown due to difficulties stemming from flooding, blazes and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and sound issues.
Other venues were granted financial assistance in modernizing amenities and gear that helped musicians and concertgoers.
"The idea that funds from shows in major spaces backs the independent spots, where it all starts for artists like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is far from the only musician to contribute his award funds to good deeds.
In they earned the trophy in the mid-90s for their release the album, frontman Jarvis Cocker announced that the band would donate their winnings to the organization War Child.
That year, musician she split her prize across a few organizations, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I contributed a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked updated gear," the artist explained to a publication.
Two years ago, they donated their prize money to the community center that supported their group, as well as other independent music bodies.
Also 1994 winners they donated their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was found to have the illness.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," said singer Heather Small. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted the lives of others."
Last week, the MVT revealed it had rescued a couple of local spots in the South East, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in the city and the other in that location were purchased under the community ownership initiative, which is funded by the arts council and enthusiasts who buy "shares" in the properties.
