“Most people wanted him to apologise, but some people didn’t think he should be given the opportunity. People have got embedded, fixed views - doesn’t matter what the evidence is, people will believe what they want to.
“But I'm not going to put an organisation which does such a fantastic job at risk.”
Mr Whelan has been charged by the FA for breaches of its racism rules over comments he made last month about Jews and Chinese people.
The charity had invited him to speak at a breakfast scheduled for December 18, under the title Setting the Record Straight. Instead he will now embark on a series of good deeds.
The Jewish Telegraph reported, and Mr White confirmed, that the Wigan chairman will give £5,000 to Brookvale, a Jewish mental health charity.
He will also make a speech to King David School in Manchester, and has offered the school’s football team the chance to play against Wigan’s youth side.
