The artist has donated the complete sum of his £25,000 award prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which works to save the United Kingdom's grassroots music venues.
He was given the prize on October 16 as his new release his work was declared the outstanding release of the previous year.
He has opted to give the cash to the trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function local spots played in his beginning days.
"I couldn't be pursuing this success if it weren't for all the gigs I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," stated Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these locations have shut down – about 16% of the entire UK sector.
Recently, well-known musicians including Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which goes to help independent venues.
He also participated, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help numerous grassroots venues across the UK.
The money assisted venues that were confronting possible closure due to challenges stemming from water damage, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, court cases and noise complaints.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in upgrading amenities and gear that directly benefitted artists and fans.
"The notion that money from concerts in major spaces supports the smaller venues, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just common sense," Fender has said.
He is far from the only musician to contribute his Mercury Prize winnings to good deeds.
Back when the band won the prize in the year 1996 for their release the album, frontman the singer announced that the band would contribute their prize money to the charity the charity.
That year, rapper and singer the artist divided her award across a few organizations, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also gave a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," the artist shared with outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective gave their winnings to the youth organization that nurtured their act, as well as other independent music bodies.
And 1994 winners they contributed their prize to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the condition.
"Winning was ample," said artist Heather Small. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the honor. So our success impacted another person's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued several small stages in that region, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in Southampton and The Croft in Bristol were acquired under the community ownership program, which is funded by Arts Council England and supporters who purchase "ownership units" in the properties.
