A fixing device for securing into a hole in plasterboard and providing an anchor point for affixing a load to said plasterboard, the device comprising: - a body configured to be retainable in said hole; - a resiliently flexible, elongate bracing member of length greater than an axial dimension of said body; and - an external retention device (28, 128) wherein an inner surface of said bracing member that is in contact with the rear of the plasterboard in use is generally concave, said body and said bracing member each having: - a first aperture (16, 24) extending longitudinally therein, each of the first apertures (16, 24) being located substantially centrally on said body and said bracing member respectively; and - a second aperture (26a, 126a, 18a) and a third aperture (26b, 126b, 18b) extending longitudinally therein, the second aperture and third aperture (26b, 126b) on said body being located on opposing sides of a generally central point, the first aperture, second aperture (26a, 126a) and third aperture (26b, 126b) being substantially diametrically aligned, and the second aperture and the third aperture on said bracing member being located on opposing sides of a generally central point and along a longitudinal axis thereof; wherein the first apertures (16, 24) of each of the body and the bracing member are located for longitudinal alignment, in use, when said body is retained in said hole and said bracing member is in a bracing position so as to define a first channel for receiving an attachment device for attaching said load to said fixing device; and each of the second aperture and the third aperture on said body are located for longitudinal alignment with the corresponding second aperture and third aperture on said bracing member, in use, when said body is retained in said hole and said bracing member is in said bracing position, so as to define a pair of respective second and third channels, each for receiving the external retention device (28, 128) for enabling manual retention of the bracing member in said bracing position with the inner surface thereof against the rear of said plasterboard, in use, after insertion of the bracing member through said hole. - a body configured to be retainable in said hole; - a resiliently flexible, elongate bracing member of length greater than an axial dimension of said body; and - an external retention device (28, 128) wherein an inner surface of said bracing member that is in contact with the rear of the plasterboard in use is generally concave, said body and said bracing member each having: - a first aperture (16, 24) extending longitudinally therein, each of the first apertures (16, 24) being located substantially centrally on said body and said bracing member respectively; and - a second aperture (26a, 126a, 18a) and a third aperture (26b, 126b, 18b) extending longitudinally therein, the second aperture and third aperture (26b, 126b) on said body being located on opposing sides of a generally central point, the first aperture, second aperture (26a, 126a) and third aperture (26b, 126b) being substantially diametrically aligned, and the second aperture and the third aperture on said bracing member being located on opposing sides of a generally central point and along a longitudinal axis thereof;