Sam Fender has donated the complete sum of his £25k award cash to the trust for venues, which functions to save the Britain's small concert spaces.
The star was awarded the prize on mid-October as his third album the album was declared the top album of the previous year.
Fender has opted to give the cash to the MVT, in appreciation of the crucial part local spots fulfilled in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing this success if it hadn't been for all the gigs I performed around the area, and beyond, when I was beginning," said Sam Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these locations have permanently closed – roughly 16% of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, top acts including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to support the industry, by applying a small levy to their ticket costs, which benefits local stages.
He also participated, generating more than £100,000 on his live tour to support thirty-eight small stages across the UK.
The money helped locations that were confronting possible closure due to challenges arising from water damage, blazes and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and noise complaints.
Some locations obtained monetary aid in modernizing infrastructure and gear that positively impacted musicians and audiences.
"The concept that funds from concerts in big venues helps the independent spots, where it begins for performers like me, is just logical," the star has said.
He is far from the only musician to give his honor prize money to good deeds.
When the band earned the prize in 1996 for their record the album, lead singer Jarvis Cocker declared that the band would donate their prize money to the non-profit the charity.
During 2002, rapper and singer the artist split her bounty across several good causes, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also contributed a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they needed better apparatus," Ms Dynamite explained to outlets.
Previously, they gave their prize money to the youth organization that supported their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
Additionally 1994 winners the group gave their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was diagnosed the condition.
"Receiving the award was ample," remarked artist the singer. "The prize was the extra but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the cake. So our winning affected the lives of others."
Recently, the trust revealed it had saved several local spots in that region, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in Southampton and the other in the city were bought under the public acquisition scheme, which is funded by a national body and supporters who acquire "stakes" in the buildings.
