The artist has donated the entirety of his £25k award cash to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to protect the Britain's small live music spots.
Fender was presented with the cheque on mid-October as his third album People Watching was named the outstanding release of the previous year.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part local spots fulfilled in his early career.
"I personally would not have achieved this success if it weren't for all the shows I did around the region, and beyond, when I was starting out," remarked the artist. "These locations are iconic, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these spaces have shut down – approximately one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, well-known musicians like the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their admission fees, which benefits local stages.
He also took part, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist 38 local spots across Britain.
These funds supported spaces that were confronting possible closure due to difficulties arising from water damage, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Some locations received monetary aid in modernizing infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted performers and fans.
"The notion that funds from shows in major spaces supports the local stages, where it begins for artists like me, is just common sense," the star has said.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his award funds to charitable organizations.
When the band received the trophy in the year 1996 for their release Different Class, frontman the singer stated that the group would give their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer she shared her prize between multiple good causes, such as the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with a publication.
Two years ago, they contributed their prize money to the youth organization that developed their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year M People gave their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was diagnosed the condition.
"Winning was ample," remarked vocalist Small. "The money was the extra but we could do without the bonus, because we had the cake. So our victory affected another person's life."
Recently, the trust announced it had rescued a couple of local spots in the South East, by transferring them to local control.
One venue in the city and the second in the city were bought under the Own Our Venues program, which is backed by Arts Council England and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the venues.
