Sam Fender has given the full amount of his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to the trust for venues, which operates to preserve the Britain's independent live music spots.
He was presented with the prize on October 16 as his new release his work was chosen as the outstanding release of the previous year.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part local spots played in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing this success if it wasn't for all the performances I played around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," stated Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have shut down – about 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, major artists such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its efforts to support the industry, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which benefits smaller concert halls.
He also joined in, collecting more than £100,000 on his live tour to assist 38 grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money assisted locations that were dealing with potential shutdown due to issues stemming from flooding, blazes and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and noise complaints.
Additional spaces obtained financial assistance in modernizing amenities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted artists and audiences.
"The concept that money from shows in major spaces helps the local stages, where it begins for musicians like me, is just logical," the star has stated.
The musician is among several artists to contribute his Mercury Prize prize money to good deeds.
Back when they received the award in 1996 for their record their work, lead singer Jarvis Cocker stated that the band would give their prize money to the organization War Child.
That year, artist she shared her award between a few organizations, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," Ms Dynamite explained to the media.
Previously, Ezra Collective donated their prize money to the youth organization that developed their group, in addition to other local music groups.
Also the 1994 recipients the group contributed their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was found to have the disease.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," remarked vocalist Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the cake. So our victory touched the lives of others."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had saved two local spots in that region, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The first in Southampton and the other in the city were bought under the community ownership initiative, which is funded by a national body and supporters who acquire "stakes" in the buildings.
