The star has donated the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which works to protect the Britain's grassroots concert spaces.
He was presented with the prize on October 16 as his third album the album was chosen as the outstanding release of the past year.
The musician has opted to give the cash to the MVT, in appreciation of the essential function local spots played in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing this success if it weren't for all the gigs I played around the region, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," remarked the artist. "These locations are legendary, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, well-known musicians including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by adding a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which supports smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also took part, raising over £100k on his live tour to assist numerous small stages across Britain.
The money supported spaces that were confronting imminent closure due to challenges stemming from water damage, fires and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and sound issues.
Some locations received funding support in upgrading facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted artists and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from performances in major spaces helps the local stages, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just logical," Fender has commented.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his Mercury Prize funds to charitable organizations.
When they earned the award in the year 1996 for their album Different Class, frontman Cocker stated that the band would give their winnings to the organization War Child.
During 2002, artist she split her prize among several charities, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I contributed a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they needed new equipment," she told outlets.
In recent years, the band gave their winnings to the community center that developed their group, as well as other local music groups.
Additionally 1994 winners the group donated their winnings to a charity for MS after a close contact was found to have the disease.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," stated vocalist the singer. "The money was the extra but we could do without the extra, because we had the honor. So our success affected somebody else's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust shared it had rescued several local spots in the South East, by bringing them into community ownership.
The first in Southampton and The Croft in the city were purchased under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is funded by the arts council and enthusiasts who purchase "stakes" in the buildings.
