Established in 2002, the HACE service of the Daughters of Charity Community Services is one of the few dedicated community adult education providers in the North West Inner City of Dublin. While HACE has an open door policy, its primary target groups are the adult populations of the local authority housing complexes within the immediate catchment area of the Daughters of Charity Community Services, where there are consistent levels of educational and social disadvantage.

Based on a personal empowerment and community development approach, HACE aims to support adults from the local communities who choose to return to education in identifying and achieving their own learning goals. It does this through the provision of comprehensive evening programme of educational courses and activities, as well as by supporting the capacity of local adult education providers who lack rooms and facilities for their work.