The star has handed over the entirety of his £25,000 honor winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which works to protect the UK's small music venues.
He was awarded the prize on 16 October as his third album People Watching was declared the best record of the last 12 months.
Fender has decided to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the essential function small stages played in his initial steps.
"I personally wouldn't be doing my current career if it hadn't been for all the gigs I played around the North East, and further afield, when I was beginning," remarked the artist. "These spaces are renowned, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these venues have permanently closed – about 16% of the total UK scene.
In the last year, major artists including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its efforts to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help local stages.
Fender also participated, generating more than £100,000 on his recent tour to support numerous small stages across Britain.
These funds assisted locations that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties arising from water damage, fires and personal losses, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and sound issues.
Some locations received funding support in modernizing amenities and technical equipment that directly benefitted musicians and concertgoers.
"The notion that funds from concerts in large arenas supports the smaller venues, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just common sense," Fender has commented.
The musician is among several artists to give his honor winnings to good deeds.
When the band won the award in the mid-90s for their release Different Class, frontman Jarvis Cocker declared that the band would contribute their prize money to the charity the charity.
That year, rapper and singer the artist split her bounty across multiple charities, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I gave a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed updated gear," Ms Dynamite explained to the media.
In recent years, the band gave their funds to the community center that developed their band, alongside other local music groups.
Also the 1994 recipients M People contributed their award to a charity for MS after a close contact was diagnosed the condition.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," stated singer the singer. "The cash was the extra but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the cake. So our winning affected the lives of others."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had rescued two grassroots venues in that region, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in that area and the other in Bristol were purchased under the public acquisition initiative, which is backed by a national body and music fans who purchase "stakes" in the buildings.
