The artist has donated the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to protect the Britain's small music venues.
Fender was awarded the prize on mid-October as his new release the album was chosen as the top album of the previous year.
He has opted to give the cash to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the vital role grassroots venues had in his initial steps.
"I would not have achieved this success if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the region, and beyond, when I was just getting going," said the artist. "These locations are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these venues have permanently closed – about 16% of the total UK scene.
In the last year, top acts such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their ticket costs, which goes to help local stages.
He also participated, raising over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to assist numerous small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation assisted locations that were facing imminent closure due to difficulties caused by floods, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and sound issues.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in upgrading infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that helped musicians and audiences.
"The idea that funds from shows in large arenas helps the local stages, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has commented.
He is far from the only musician to give his Mercury Prize prize money to good deeds.
Back when the band earned the award in the mid-90s for their release the album, vocalist the singer stated that the band would donate their winnings to the organization the charity.
In 2002, artist Ms Dynamite split her bounty among multiple good causes, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I donated a grand to the center, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they required updated gear," she shared with outlets.
Two years ago, they contributed their winnings to the youth organization that supported their band, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Also 1994 winners they gave their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was identified with the condition.
"The victory was sufficient," said singer the singer. "The cash was the extra but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our success impacted somebody else's life."
Last week, the MVT shared it had protected a couple of grassroots venues in south-east England, by bringing them into community ownership.
The first in the city and the other in the city were bought under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by Arts Council England and supporters who purchase "ownership units" in the venues.
