The artist has donated the full amount of his £25k award winnings to the trust for venues, which operates to save the United Kingdom's independent concert spaces.
Fender was presented with the cheque on 16 October as his new release the album was named the top album of the previous year.
Fender has opted to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his early career.
"As an artist would not have achieved what I am doing today if it weren't for all the gigs I performed around the region, and further afield, when I was beginning," stated Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these locations have permanently closed – approximately 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which benefits local stages.
Fender also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his recent tour to help numerous small stages across Britain.
The money assisted venues that were confronting potential shutdown due to difficulties arising from flooding, blazes and personal losses, as well as permit problems, court cases and noise complaints.
Additional spaces were granted financial assistance in modernizing infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and audiences.
"The notion that funds from shows in large arenas supports the independent spots, where it begins for artists like me, is just common sense," the star has stated.
The musician is among several artists to donate his honor prize money to worthy causes.
In the band earned the prize in the year 1996 for their record their work, vocalist Cocker stated that the group would donate their prize money to the organization War Child.
In 2002, musician the artist divided her award between multiple good causes, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I contributed a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they required updated gear," the artist told the media.
In recent years, the band donated their prize money to the youth organization that supported their act, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Also the 1994 recipients M People contributed their prize to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the condition.
"Winning was ample," stated singer the singer. "The prize was the bonus but we could do without the bonus, because we had the cake. So our success touched somebody else's life."
Last week, the trust shared it had protected a couple of small stages in that region, by bringing them into community ownership.
The Joiners in Southampton and the other in the city were acquired under the public acquisition program, which is funded by a national body and supporters who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
