The artist has donated the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound honor winnings to the trust for venues, which works to save the Britain's small music venues.
Fender was given the cheque on mid-October as his new release his work was chosen as the top album of the past year.
He has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his early career.
"I couldn't be pursuing my current career if it wasn't for all the shows I performed around the area, and beyond, when I was just getting going," remarked the artist. "These venues are renowned, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly 16% of the entire UK sector.
Recently, top acts including Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its attempts to help venues survive, by including a modest fee to their ticket costs, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Fender also took part, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help thirty-eight small stages across the UK.
The money helped venues that were facing potential shutdown due to issues caused by flooding, blazes and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces were granted funding support in modernizing amenities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted artists and fans.
"The idea that funds from shows in large arenas backs the independent spots, where it all starts for artists like me, is just logical," the star has stated.
Fender is not the first artist to give his Mercury Prize prize money to worthy causes.
When the band earned the prize in 1996 for their album Different Class, vocalist the singer declared that the group would give their cash to the charity the charity.
That year, artist she split her award across multiple good causes, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I donated a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked new equipment," she told the media.
Previously, the band donated their funds to the local youth club that nurtured their group, alongside other independent music bodies.
And the 1994 recipients they donated their award to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the condition.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," said artist the singer. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our success affected the lives of others."
In the past week, the trust announced it had saved two grassroots venues in that region, by transferring them to community ownership.
The Joiners in Southampton and the other in that location were bought under the public acquisition scheme, which is backed by a national body and supporters who buy "shares" in the venues.
