The artist has handed over the full amount of his £25,000 honor cash to the trust for venues, which operates to preserve the Britain's small concert spaces.
He was presented with the award on 16 October as his latest record his work was chosen as the outstanding release of the previous year.
The musician has chosen to give the cash to the trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function local spots had in his initial steps.
"I couldn't be pursuing this success if it weren't for all the performances I performed around the region, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said the artist. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these locations have permanently closed – approximately one-sixth of the total UK scene.
In the last year, major artists like the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by adding a small levy to their admission fees, which benefits independent venues.
He also took part, generating in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help 38 local spots across Britain.
The donation assisted spaces that were dealing with imminent closure due to challenges stemming from floods, fires and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Other venues received financial assistance in modernizing infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and audiences.
"The idea that money from shows in major spaces 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 funds to worthy causes.
In they earned the award in the year 1996 for their release their work, frontman Cocker declared that the band would donate their cash to the charity the charity.
That year, musician she split her bounty between a few good causes, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also gave a £1,000 to the center, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," she explained to outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the youth organization that nurtured their band, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally 1994 winners the group gave their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was diagnosed the disease.
"Receiving the award was ample," remarked singer Heather Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our success impacted the lives of others."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust shared it had rescued several small stages in that region, by placing them under public stewardship.
One venue in the city and the other in Bristol were purchased under the community ownership scheme, which is supported by a national body and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the properties.
