The artist has handed over the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound Mercury Prize prize money to the MVT, which works to protect the UK's independent live music spots.
Fender was given the cheque on October 16 as his latest record his work was chosen as the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
He has chosen to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the crucial part local spots fulfilled in his beginning days.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing my current career if it wasn't for all the shows I did around the area, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," stated Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, well-known musicians like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by including a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports independent venues.
Fender also joined in, generating over £100k on his live tour to help 38 local spots across Britain.
The donation supported venues that were dealing with potential shutdown due to challenges caused by floods, fires and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, court cases and sound issues.
Additional spaces obtained funding support in modernizing amenities and gear that helped musicians and concertgoers.
"The notion that revenue from concerts in large arenas backs the independent spots, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just logical," the star has stated.
The musician is not the first artist to contribute his award prize money to charitable organizations.
When the band won the prize in the year 1996 for their album Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker announced that the band would give their winnings to the charity the charity.
That year, musician she split her bounty among a few charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I contributed a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they needed updated gear," she shared with a publication.
Two years ago, they donated their winnings to the local youth club that developed their group, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
Also winners that year the group gave their prize to a MS organization after a friend was identified with the condition.
"Winning was sufficient," said vocalist the singer. "The money was the extra but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our success impacted another person's life."
In the past week, the MVT shared it had saved two grassroots venues in south-east England, by placing them under public stewardship.
The first in Southampton and the other in the city were bought under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by the arts council and music fans who purchase "shares" in the properties.
