The star has handed over the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to preserve the Britain's grassroots music venues.
Fender was awarded the prize on mid-October as his new release the album was chosen as the best record of the past year.
Fender has decided to donate the funds to the MVT, in appreciation of the crucial part small stages had in his early career.
"I personally wouldn't be doing this success if it weren't for all the shows I did around the area, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," stated the artist. "These locations are renowned, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the total UK scene.
Recently, top acts like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Fender also participated, raising in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support 38 grassroots venues across the UK.
These funds assisted venues that were facing potential shutdown due to challenges stemming from water damage, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Other venues received financial assistance in improving amenities and gear that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that revenue from performances in major spaces helps the smaller venues, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just sensible," the star has commented.
Fender is far from the only musician to contribute his award winnings to good deeds.
When Pulp won the prize in 1996 for their record their work, frontman Cocker stated that the band would contribute their winnings to the organization the charity.
During 2002, artist the artist shared her award among a few organizations, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I gave a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," the artist told the media.
Two years ago, the band contributed their winnings to the youth organization that nurtured their group, as well as other local music groups.
Also winners that year the group donated their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was identified with the condition.
"Winning was ample," remarked vocalist the singer. "The money was the extra but we didn't require the extra, because we had the main prize. So our success impacted another person's life."
Recently, the MVT announced it had protected a couple of grassroots venues in south-east England, by bringing them into local control.
The first in Southampton and The Croft in that location were bought under the community ownership scheme, which is funded by a national body and music fans who acquire "stakes" in the properties.
