Sam Fender has given the entirety of his £25k honor prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to protect the Britain's small music venues.
He was presented with the award on 16 October as his new release the album was chosen as the best record of the previous year.
The musician has opted to give the cash to the trust, in recognition of the crucial part small stages had in his early career.
"I couldn't be pursuing my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I did around the area, and beyond, when I was just getting going," stated the artist. "These locations are legendary, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these locations have permanently closed – about 16 percent of the total UK scene.
In the last year, well-known musicians such as Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by including a modest fee to their ticket prices, which goes to help local stages.
He also joined in, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across the UK.
The money supported venues that were facing imminent closure due to issues caused by floods, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces obtained financial assistance in upgrading infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and fans.
"The idea that revenue from performances in major spaces backs the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just logical," Fender has commented.
He is far from the only musician to give his Mercury Prize funds to charitable organizations.
In they won the award in the year 1996 for their album the album, frontman the singer declared that the band would contribute their winnings to the charity the charity.
During 2002, artist she divided her award among multiple charities, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked updated gear," the artist shared with a publication.
In recent years, they gave their winnings to the local youth club that developed their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
Additionally the 1994 recipients the group contributed their winnings to a charity for MS after a close contact was diagnosed the disease.
"The victory was sufficient," said singer Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't need the extra, because we had the cake. So our success affected another person's life."
Recently, the MVT shared it had saved several small stages in that region, by transferring them to local control.
One venue in that area and the other in the city were acquired under the public acquisition initiative, which is backed by the arts council and enthusiasts who acquire "shares" in the venues.
