The star has donated the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize winnings to the trust for venues, which works to preserve the United Kingdom's independent music venues.
The star was given the award on 16 October as his third album People Watching was declared the top album of the previous year.
Fender has chosen to hand the money over to the trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function small stages played in his early career.
"I personally would not have achieved my current career if it hadn't been for all the gigs I performed around the area, and further afield, when I was beginning," stated the artist. "These venues are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – approximately 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Recently, top acts like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports smaller concert halls.
He also took part, collecting over £100k on his live tour to assist numerous small stages across Britain.
The donation assisted spaces that were facing potential shutdown due to difficulties arising from water damage, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces obtained funding support in improving amenities and sound and lighting systems that helped musicians and fans.
"The notion that revenue from shows in major spaces backs the smaller venues, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just sensible," Fender has stated.
Fender is among several artists to give his award prize money to worthy causes.
Back when Pulp earned the prize in 1996 for their release Different Class, lead singer the singer declared that the band would donate their winnings to the charity War Child.
That year, rapper and singer she divided her award among a few organizations, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I donated a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," the artist explained to the media.
Previously, Ezra Collective donated their winnings to the youth organization that developed their act, in addition to other local music groups.
Also winners that year they gave their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was found to have the condition.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," stated singer the singer. "The prize was the extra but we didn't require the extra, because we had the main prize. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the trust revealed it had protected two small stages in the South East, by bringing them into community ownership.
The Joiners in Southampton and the second in that location were purchased under the community ownership scheme, which is supported by a national body and enthusiasts who purchase "ownership units" in the venues.
