The artist has donated the full amount of his £25k Mercury Prize winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to save the Britain's small music venues.
Fender was given the prize on mid-October as his third album People Watching was chosen as the outstanding release of the previous year.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the MVT, in recognition of the essential function small stages fulfilled in his initial steps.
"I personally would not have achieved this success if it weren't for all the performances I played around the area, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," remarked the artist. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these venues have shut down – about one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, top acts like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by including a small levy to their ticket costs, which supports independent venues.
Fender also took part, collecting more than £100,000 on his live tour to support 38 grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money supported locations that were dealing with potential shutdown due to issues arising from floods, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, court cases and neighbor objections.
Some locations obtained monetary aid in modernizing infrastructure and technical equipment that positively impacted artists and concertgoers.
"The idea that funds from concerts in big venues backs the local stages, where it all starts for artists like me, is just logical," the star has commented.
The musician is among several artists to give his award winnings to good deeds.
In the band received the award in the mid-90s for their album the album, vocalist Jarvis Cocker stated that the group would contribute their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, artist the artist split her award between a few charities, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked new equipment," she shared with the media.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective contributed their funds to the youth organization that nurtured their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally the 1994 recipients they contributed their award to a charity for MS after a friend was found to have the illness.
"The victory was sufficient," remarked singer the singer. "The prize was the extra but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
Last week, the MVT revealed it had protected a couple of small stages in south-east England, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The Joiners in Southampton and the second in Bristol were acquired under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is backed by the arts council and enthusiasts who acquire "ownership units" in the buildings.
