The star has handed over the complete sum of his £25,000 award cash to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to preserve the United Kingdom's independent music venues.
The star was awarded the cheque on 16 October as his new release his work was declared the outstanding release of the previous year.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the crucial part grassroots venues played in his initial steps.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing my current career if it weren't for all the gigs I played around the North East, and beyond, when I was just getting going," stated the artist. "These venues are legendary, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these venues have shut down – approximately one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, well-known musicians including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by including a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which benefits smaller concert halls.
He also participated, raising in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to assist 38 local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation supported venues that were dealing with possible closure due to issues stemming from floods, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Other venues were granted funding support in modernizing amenities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted musicians and fans.
"The concept that money from performances in major spaces backs the independent spots, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just common sense," Fender has said.
He is not the first artist to donate his Mercury Prize winnings to good deeds.
In they earned the trophy in the mid-90s for their album the album, vocalist Cocker declared that the act would give their winnings to the organization the charity.
During 2002, artist she shared her award among a few charities, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also gave a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked updated gear," the artist told a publication.
Two years ago, the band contributed their winnings to the community center that developed their band, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Also winners that year the group donated their award to a MS organization after a friend was identified with the condition.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," stated artist Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the cake. So our victory affected the lives of others."
In the past week, the trust shared it had saved a couple of local spots in the South East, by transferring them to local control.
The first in the city and the other in that location were acquired under the community ownership program, which is backed by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
