The artist has given the entirety of his £25,000 award cash to the MVT, which functions to preserve the Britain's small concert spaces.
The star was awarded the award on 16 October as his new release his work was declared the top album of the past year.
The musician has chosen to hand the money over to the trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part small stages had in his early career.
"As an artist would not have achieved this success if it weren't for all the shows I performed around the area, and further afield, when I was just getting going," stated the artist. "These venues are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – about one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, well-known musicians including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by applying a modest fee to their admission fees, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also joined in, generating more than £100,000 on his live tour to support 38 grassroots venues across the UK.
These funds assisted venues that were facing imminent closure due to issues caused by water damage, fires and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, court cases and noise complaints.
Additional spaces received financial assistance in modernizing facilities and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and audiences.
"The concept that money from shows in big venues backs the independent spots, where it begins for musicians like me, is just sensible," the star has said.
The musician is among several artists to donate his honor winnings to worthy causes.
When they won the prize in 1996 for their record Different Class, frontman the singer stated that the group would donate their cash to the non-profit War Child.
That year, rapper and singer the artist divided her prize between multiple organizations, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also contributed a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," the artist explained to the media.
In recent years, they donated their prize money to the local youth club that developed their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
Also winners that year M People donated their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was diagnosed the condition.
"Winning was quite enough," said artist Heather Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't need the extra, because we had the cake. So our victory impacted another person's life."
Recently, the MVT announced it had protected several grassroots venues in the South East, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The first in the city and The Croft in that location were acquired under the public acquisition scheme, which is supported by Arts Council England and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the buildings.
