The star has donated the full amount of his £25,000 honor cash to the MVT, which functions to save the United Kingdom's grassroots live music spots.
Fender was given the cheque on mid-October as his latest record People Watching was chosen as the top album of the previous year.
He has opted to give the cash to the trust, in recognition of the essential function local spots fulfilled in his initial steps.
"I couldn't be pursuing my current career if it wasn't for all the shows I played around the North East, and further afield, when I was beginning," said Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these locations have permanently closed – approximately 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, major artists like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by adding a small levy to their ticket costs, which goes to help independent venues.
Fender also joined in, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help numerous grassroots venues across the UK.
The money supported locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to issues arising from flooding, blazes and personal losses, as well as permit problems, conflicts and noise complaints.
Additional spaces obtained financial assistance in modernizing infrastructure and technical equipment that helped artists and concertgoers.
"The idea that funds from performances in major spaces helps the local stages, where it begins for musicians like me, is just sensible," the star has said.
The musician is not the first artist to donate his Mercury Prize winnings to charitable organizations.
In they won the trophy in 1996 for their album Different Class, lead singer the singer declared that the act would donate their prize money to the charity War Child.
That year, artist she divided her bounty between multiple good causes, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I donated a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked updated gear," she explained to a publication.
Two years ago, the band donated their funds to the community center that supported their band, as well as other local music groups.
Also winners that year the group donated their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was diagnosed the condition.
"The victory was quite enough," remarked singer Small. "The cash was the bonus but we could do without the extra, because we had the honor. So our winning affected the lives of others."
In the past week, the trust revealed it had protected several small stages in that region, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The first in the city and the other in the city were acquired under the public acquisition program, which is backed by the arts council and enthusiasts who purchase "shares" in the buildings.
