Sam Fender has donated the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound award winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the Britain's small live music spots.
The star was given the cheque on October 16 as his new release his work was chosen as the top album of the previous year.
Fender has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in appreciation of the essential function local spots fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I would not have achieved this success if it weren't for all the shows I played around the region, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," said Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its efforts to support the industry, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
He also participated, raising in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to assist numerous small stages across Britain.
These funds assisted spaces that were facing imminent closure due to difficulties arising from flooding, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and noise complaints.
Other venues obtained monetary aid in modernizing infrastructure and technical equipment that helped artists and fans.
"The concept that funds from shows in large arenas backs the independent spots, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his honor prize money to good deeds.
When the band received the trophy in the mid-90s for their release their work, vocalist the singer stated that the act would donate their prize money to the organization War Child.
During 2002, artist Ms Dynamite shared her bounty between a few good causes, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I gave a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked new equipment," she shared with outlets.
In recent years, the band contributed their prize money to the local youth club that supported their group, alongside other local music groups.
And winners that year the group donated their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"Winning was ample," said artist Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't require the extra, because we had the cake. So our victory touched the lives of others."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had saved two small stages in the South East, by placing them under local control.
One venue in that area and the other in Bristol were purchased under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is supported by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who buy "stakes" in the venues.
