The star has donated the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound award prize money to the trust for venues, which works to save the Britain's independent music venues.
Fender was given the award on October 16 as his third album the album was chosen as the outstanding release of the past year.
He has chosen to give the cash to the MVT, in recognition of the essential function local spots played in his early career.
"As an artist would not have achieved my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I played around the area, and further afield, when I was beginning," said the artist. "These venues are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these venues have permanently closed – about 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Recently, top acts like Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by applying a modest fee to their admission fees, which supports local stages.
Fender also participated, collecting over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to support 38 grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money helped locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties arising from flooding, blazes and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Other venues received monetary aid in upgrading facilities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted musicians and audiences.
"The notion that revenue from performances in large arenas supports the local stages, where it all starts for performers like me, is just sensible," Fender has commented.
Fender is among several artists to contribute his Mercury Prize winnings to charitable organizations.
When they earned the trophy in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, vocalist Jarvis Cocker stated that the band would donate their cash to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, artist she split her award between a few good causes, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also donated a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," she explained to outlets.
In recent years, the band contributed their prize money to the community center that nurtured their group, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
And the 1994 recipients they contributed their winnings to a charity for MS after a close contact was identified with the disease.
"Winning was quite enough," said vocalist the singer. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't require the extra, because we had the cake. So our success touched the lives of others."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued a couple of small stages in that region, by transferring them to local control.
One venue in the city and the other in the city were purchased under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by a national body and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the venues.
