The artist has donated the complete sum of his £25k award cash to the trust for venues, which functions to protect the Britain's small music venues.
He was awarded the cheque on 16 October as his new release the album was declared the best record of the last 12 months.
The musician has decided to hand the money over to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the vital role local spots played in his beginning days.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," remarked the artist. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these locations have ceased operations – roughly 16% of the total UK scene.
In the last year, major artists including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to support the industry, by applying a modest fee to their ticket prices, which supports local stages.
Fender also joined in, collecting over £100k on his live tour to help numerous local spots across the UK.
The donation assisted locations that were facing imminent closure due to issues stemming from floods, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Some locations obtained monetary aid in upgrading infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted musicians and concertgoers.
"The concept that revenue from shows in major spaces helps the local stages, where it begins for musicians like me, is just logical," the star has said.
He is among several artists to donate his Mercury Prize prize money to good deeds.
When Pulp earned the award in 1996 for their release the album, lead singer Jarvis Cocker announced that the act would donate their prize money to the organization the charity.
That year, rapper and singer she split her award between several organizations, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also donated a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they required better apparatus," the artist told outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective donated their winnings to the youth organization that developed their band, as well as other independent music bodies.
And the 1994 recipients they gave their prize to a MS organization after a close contact was found to have the illness.
"Winning was sufficient," said singer Heather Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't need the extra, because we had the cake. So our winning affected the lives of others."
Recently, the MVT shared it had saved two local spots in the South East, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The first in that area and the other in that location were acquired under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is backed by a national body and enthusiasts who acquire "shares" in the venues.
