The star has donated the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which works to preserve the UK's independent concert spaces.
He was awarded the award on mid-October as his third album his work was chosen as the top album of the past year.
The musician has decided to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the vital role small stages had in his beginning days.
"I personally would not have achieved this success if it wasn't for all the shows I did around the region, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," stated the artist. "These locations are iconic, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these venues have ceased operations – approximately 16 percent of the total UK scene.
In the last year, well-known musicians like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which benefits independent venues.
Sam Fender also joined in, generating in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist 38 grassroots venues across the UK.
These funds assisted spaces that were dealing with imminent closure due to issues caused by floods, fires and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and noise complaints.
Other venues were granted financial assistance in improving infrastructure and technical equipment that directly benefitted musicians and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from concerts in big venues backs the smaller venues, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just logical," the star has stated.
He is far from the only musician to give his award prize money to worthy causes.
Back when they earned the award in 1996 for their release the album, frontman the singer announced that the group would give their winnings to the organization War Child.
In 2002, musician the artist split her prize across multiple good causes, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I gave a grand to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," she told outlets.
Previously, Ezra Collective donated their funds to the local youth club that developed their act, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year they gave their winnings to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the illness.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," stated vocalist the singer. "The prize was the extra but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the honor. So our winning affected somebody else's life."
In the past week, the MVT revealed it had protected two small stages in that region, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The first in the city and The Croft in Bristol were purchased under the public acquisition initiative, which is backed by Arts Council England and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the buildings.
