The star has handed over the entirety of his £25,000 award winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to protect the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was awarded the cheque on 16 October as his third album People Watching was named the top album of the previous year.
Fender has chosen to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the essential function local spots fulfilled in his early career.
"I personally would not have achieved what I am doing today if it weren't for all the shows I did around the region, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," remarked Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these locations have ceased operations – approximately one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Recently, well-known musicians including the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to support the industry, by applying a modest fee to their admission fees, which supports local stages.
He also took part, generating in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to support 38 small stages across the UK.
The money assisted spaces that were dealing with imminent closure due to challenges stemming from flooding, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as permit problems, court cases and neighbor objections.
Other venues were granted monetary aid in modernizing infrastructure and technical equipment that helped musicians and audiences.
"The idea that funds from shows in major spaces supports the local stages, where it begins for musicians like me, is just logical," Fender has stated.
The musician is far from the only musician to contribute his award prize money to good deeds.
Back when the band earned the prize in the mid-90s for their album their work, frontman the singer stated that the act would give their winnings to the charity War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite divided her award across multiple good causes, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also contributed a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required better apparatus," she told the media.
Previously, they contributed their prize money to the youth organization that developed their band, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Also winners that year M People gave their award to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was found to have the illness.
"Winning was quite enough," stated singer the singer. "The money was the bonus but we could do without the cherry, because we had the honor. So our victory impacted the lives of others."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had protected two small stages in the South East, by placing them under community ownership.
One venue in the city and the second in Bristol were purchased under the public acquisition initiative, which is backed by a national body and enthusiasts who buy "stakes" in the buildings.
