The artist has donated the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which works to protect the UK's independent music venues.
Fender was awarded the award on mid-October as his latest record People Watching was declared the top album of the past year.
He has decided to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the vital role small stages had in his beginning days.
"I would not have achieved what I am doing today if it weren't for all the shows I played around the North East, and beyond, when I was just getting going," said Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – about 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, top acts including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its attempts to support the industry, by including a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help independent venues.
He also took part, raising over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to support thirty-eight small stages across Britain.
The money supported locations that were facing possible closure due to difficulties caused by floods, blazes and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Some locations were granted financial assistance in improving infrastructure and gear that positively impacted performers and fans.
"The idea that funds from concerts in major spaces supports the local stages, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just common sense," the star has stated.
Fender is far from the only musician to donate his Mercury Prize prize money to good deeds.
In Pulp received the award in the year 1996 for their album Different Class, vocalist Jarvis Cocker stated that the group would contribute their winnings to the charity the charity.
During 2002, artist the artist divided her award among several good causes, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I contributed a grand to my local community centre, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," the artist shared with the media.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective donated their winnings to the community center that nurtured their group, alongside other independent music bodies.
Additionally the 1994 recipients the group contributed their award to a MS organization after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," stated vocalist Heather Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we could do without the extra, because we had the cake. So our winning affected the lives of others."
In the past week, the MVT revealed it had protected a couple of grassroots venues in that region, by placing them under local control.
One venue in the city and the other in the city were acquired under the public acquisition program, which is backed by a national body and supporters who purchase "ownership units" in the properties.
