Sam Fender has given the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound honor cash to the trust for venues, which works to preserve the Britain's small live music spots.
Fender was given the prize on mid-October as his third album the album was named the outstanding release of the past year.
Fender has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in recognition of the crucial part grassroots venues played in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the performances I did around the area, and beyond, when I was starting out," stated Sam Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the total UK scene.
Recently, top acts such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its efforts to support the industry, by adding a small levy to their admission fees, which supports local stages.
He also took part, collecting over £100k on his live tour to support 38 grassroots venues across the UK.
These funds helped venues that were confronting potential shutdown due to difficulties stemming from water damage, fires and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and sound issues.
Some locations obtained monetary aid in upgrading facilities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that money from concerts in major spaces backs the local stages, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has stated.
He is among several artists to contribute his honor funds to good deeds.
In Pulp earned the prize in the year 1996 for their album Different Class, lead singer Cocker announced that the band would contribute their prize money to the charity War Child.
That year, rapper and singer the artist split her prize across multiple organizations, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I contributed a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked updated gear," she explained to the media.
Previously, Ezra Collective donated their funds to the community center that supported their band, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally winners that year M People contributed their award to a MS organization after a friend was identified with the illness.
"The victory was ample," stated vocalist Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our success touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the trust shared it had saved several grassroots venues in south-east England, by bringing them into community ownership.
The first in that area and the second in that location were acquired under the public acquisition program, which is supported by a national body and enthusiasts who acquire "ownership units" in the venues.
