Sam Fender has donated the full amount of his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to the MVT, which operates to protect the United Kingdom's grassroots live music spots.
Fender was given the cheque on October 16 as his third album the album was chosen as the top album of the previous year.
He has decided to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the crucial part small stages played in his beginning days.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing my current career if it weren't for all the gigs I played around the region, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," remarked Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these venues have permanently closed – approximately one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, well-known musicians such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by including a modest fee to their admission fees, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
He also participated, raising in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to assist thirty-eight grassroots venues across Britain.
The money supported venues that were facing potential shutdown due to challenges stemming from floods, fires and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces obtained funding support in modernizing facilities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted artists and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from performances in major spaces helps the local stages, where it all starts for performers like me, is just sensible," the star has commented.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his award prize money to charitable organizations.
When Pulp received the trophy in the year 1996 for their album Different Class, frontman Jarvis Cocker stated that the act would contribute their winnings to the organization War Child.
During 2002, musician Ms Dynamite split her bounty between a few organizations, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also contributed a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," she explained to outlets.
Previously, Ezra Collective gave their winnings to the community center that developed their act, as well as other local music groups.
Additionally the 1994 recipients they gave their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was diagnosed the disease.
"The victory was ample," remarked artist the singer. "The money was the extra but we could do without the extra, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted another person's life."
Last week, the MVT announced it had saved a couple of local spots in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in that area and The Croft in Bristol were acquired under the public acquisition program, which is funded by a national body and enthusiasts who buy "shares" in the buildings.
