The artist has given the full amount of his £25,000 Mercury Prize prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to protect the United Kingdom's small music venues.
Fender was presented with the award on 16 October as his third album People Watching was declared the best record of the past year.
The musician has opted to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the vital role small stages had in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it hadn't been for all the performances I did around the area, and beyond, when I was starting out," stated the artist. "These venues are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these locations have shut down – roughly 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, top acts including Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by applying a modest fee to their admission fees, which benefits local stages.
He also took part, collecting over £100k on his recent tour to assist thirty-eight local spots across Britain.
The donation assisted spaces that were dealing with possible closure due to challenges stemming from water damage, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Some locations obtained funding support in modernizing facilities and gear that helped musicians and fans.
"The idea that money from concerts in major spaces backs the local stages, where it begins for performers like me, is just common sense," the star has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to give his award winnings to charitable organizations.
In Pulp earned the award in the year 1996 for their release Different Class, lead singer the singer stated that the band would donate their cash to the organization War Child.
That year, artist the artist shared her prize among a few organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I contributed a grand to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked updated gear," Ms Dynamite shared with outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective gave their funds to the community center that developed their act, alongside other independent music bodies.
Also 1994 winners M People gave their prize to a MS organization after a acquaintance was identified with the illness.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," remarked singer the singer. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the honor. So our victory affected another person's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had saved a couple of small stages in that region, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in that area and the other in the city were bought under the public acquisition scheme, which is funded by a national body and supporters who purchase "stakes" in the venues.
