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The artist has handed over the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound award winnings to the trust for venues, which works to save the Britain's independent music venues.

The star was given the award on October 16 as his new release his work was declared the best record of the past year.

Fender has opted to give the cash to the trust, in recognition of the essential function local spots played in his initial steps.

"As an artist couldn't be pursuing this success if it weren't for all the performances I did around the area, and beyond, when I was beginning," remarked Sam Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are struggling."

Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – about 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.

Recently, well-known musicians like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its efforts to support the industry, by including a modest fee to their ticket prices, which supports local stages.

He also joined in, generating in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to assist thirty-eight local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.

These funds supported locations that were confronting imminent closure due to difficulties arising from water damage, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and sound issues.

Other venues obtained financial assistance in modernizing infrastructure and technical equipment that helped artists and concertgoers.

"The notion that revenue from performances in big venues backs the local stages, where it begins for musicians like me, is just logical," the star has said.

He is not the first artist to give his Mercury Prize prize money to charitable organizations.

Back when Pulp earned the award in 1996 for their record the album, lead singer Cocker declared that the act would give their cash to the charity War Child.

During 2002, musician the artist split her award among multiple organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.

"And I contributed a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," Ms Dynamite told outlets.

Two years ago, they contributed their winnings to the youth organization that nurtured their act, as well as other independent music bodies.

Also 1994 winners they donated their award to a MS organization after a close contact was identified with the disease.

"The victory was sufficient," stated artist Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our winning affected somebody else's life."

In the past week, the trust announced it had saved several local spots in that region, by placing them under local control.

The first in the city and the other in Bristol were bought under the public acquisition scheme, which is funded by a national body and music fans who buy "stakes" in the venues.