Sam Fender has donated the entirety of his £25k Mercury Prize cash to the MVT, which operates to preserve the United Kingdom's small music venues.
He was presented with the award on 16 October as his third album the album was chosen as the top album of the past year.
Fender has decided to give the cash to the MVT, in recognition of the crucial part local spots played in his initial steps.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing my current career if it weren't for all the performances I played around the region, and further afield, when I was beginning," remarked the artist. "These spaces are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these spaces have shut down – about one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by adding a small levy to their admission fees, which supports local stages.
He also took part, generating more than £100,000 on his live tour to support 38 local spots across Britain.
These funds assisted venues that were dealing with potential shutdown due to challenges caused by water damage, blazes and personal losses, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces obtained funding support in improving amenities and technical equipment that positively impacted artists and concertgoers.
"The concept that revenue from shows in large arenas supports the independent spots, where it begins for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is among several artists to contribute his honor funds to good deeds.
Back when the band won the prize in 1996 for their record their work, vocalist the singer declared that the group would contribute their cash to the charity War Child.
In 2002, artist she shared her bounty across a few good causes, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I gave a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked better apparatus," she explained to the media.
Two years ago, they gave their funds to the youth organization that supported their group, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally the 1994 recipients they donated their prize to a MS organization after a friend was identified with the disease.
"The victory was quite enough," stated artist the singer. "The money was the extra but we didn't require the extra, because we had the cake. So our success affected another person's life."
Last week, the trust revealed it had rescued several small stages in that region, by bringing them into community ownership.
The first in Southampton and The Croft in the city were bought under the community ownership program, which is funded by Arts Council England and music fans who acquire "shares" in the properties.
