A lifting device (1) has an elongate lifting arm (2) provided with a suction mount enabling securing of the device to a body to be lifted. The suction mount has suction devices (104,105) spaced apart in the longitudinal direction (11) of the lifting arm sufficiently for a user to grip the lifting arm in between the suction mount devices. The device extends away from the suction mount, in the longitudinal direction of the lifting arm, to a handle (14) spaced from the suction mount, and which extends upwardly above the lifting arm on the opposite side of the lifting arm to the suction mount devices.