The artist has donated the full amount of his £25,000 honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to protect the Britain's grassroots concert spaces.
He was presented with the cheque on 16 October as his new release the album was chosen as the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to hand the money over to the trust, in appreciation of the crucial part local spots played in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing my current career if it weren't for all the performances I did around the area, and beyond, when I was beginning," remarked Sam Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these locations have ceased operations – approximately 16% of the total UK scene.
In the last year, well-known musicians like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by adding a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help independent venues.
Sam Fender also participated, generating in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to support numerous local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds assisted spaces that were dealing with potential shutdown due to challenges caused by flooding, fires and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and noise complaints.
Some locations obtained financial assistance in upgrading facilities and gear that directly benefitted musicians and fans.
"The notion that funds from shows in major spaces supports the smaller venues, where it all starts for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has stated.
The musician is among several artists to donate his Mercury Prize prize money to good deeds.
In Pulp won the prize in 1996 for their release Different Class, frontman the singer announced that the act would donate their prize money to the organization War Child.
That year, musician the artist shared her award among several good causes, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they required new equipment," she told the media.
Two years ago, the band gave their winnings to the youth organization that nurtured their group, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
And the 1994 recipients the group gave their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was found to have the illness.
"The victory was ample," remarked singer Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the honor. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
Last week, the trust revealed it had protected a couple of small stages in that region, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in that area and the other in Bristol were acquired under the community ownership initiative, which is backed by the arts council and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
