The artist has given the entirety of his £25,000 honor prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to protect the UK's independent concert spaces.
The star was presented with the cheque on mid-October as his new release his work was declared the outstanding release of the past year.
The musician has chosen to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function local spots fulfilled in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the shows I played around the North East, and further afield, when I was beginning," said the artist. "These venues are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, top acts such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a modest fee to their ticket costs, which goes to help independent venues.
Sam Fender also took part, generating more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist 38 small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation assisted venues that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties arising from flooding, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as permit problems, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Other venues received monetary aid in upgrading infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted artists and audiences.
"The concept that funds from concerts in large arenas supports the local stages, where it begins for musicians like me, is just common sense," the star has stated.
He is far from the only musician to give his honor funds to charitable organizations.
Back when they received the prize in the mid-90s for their record their work, lead singer Jarvis Cocker declared that the act would donate their prize money to the organization the charity.
That year, musician Ms Dynamite divided her award among a few good causes, like the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I donated a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," the artist explained to the media.
Two years ago, they donated their prize money to the local youth club that nurtured their group, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year the group gave their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was found to have the disease.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," remarked vocalist the singer. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the cake. So our victory affected another person's life."
Last week, the trust announced it had rescued a couple of local spots in the South East, by transferring them to community ownership.
The first in the city and The Croft in the city were purchased under the public acquisition scheme, which is backed by Arts Council England and supporters who purchase "ownership units" in the properties.
