Sam Fender has donated the entirety of his £25,000 award winnings to the trust for venues, which works to preserve the United Kingdom's small live music spots.
He was awarded the award on 16 October as his new release his work was declared the outstanding release of the previous year.
He has chosen to donate the funds to the MVT, in recognition of the essential function local spots fulfilled in his initial steps.
"I would not have achieved what I am doing today if it weren't for all the gigs I did around the region, and beyond, when I was just getting going," remarked the artist. "These venues are legendary, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have ceased operations – roughly one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, major artists like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its initiatives to support the industry, by including a small levy to their ticket costs, which supports smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to support thirty-eight local spots across Britain.
These funds assisted venues that were dealing with possible closure due to challenges stemming from flooding, fires and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and noise complaints.
Some locations were granted funding support in improving facilities and technical equipment that positively impacted musicians and audiences.
"The concept that revenue from concerts in major spaces helps the local stages, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has stated.
Fender is far from the only musician to contribute his award prize money to good deeds.
When they earned the prize in 1996 for their release the album, lead singer Jarvis Cocker declared that the group would give their winnings to the charity War Child.
During 2002, musician the artist divided her bounty across several good causes, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also contributed a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required updated gear," Ms Dynamite shared with outlets.
Two years ago, the band contributed their winnings to the community center that developed their band, as well as other local music groups.
And 1994 winners they contributed their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was found to have the disease.
"The victory was quite enough," said singer Heather Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the honor. So our winning impacted the lives of others."
In the past week, the MVT announced it had rescued several grassroots venues in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
The first in the city and The Croft in the city were bought under the community ownership scheme, which is supported by the arts council and enthusiasts who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
