diff --git a/app/views/govuk_publishing_components/components/_contextual_sidebar.html.erb b/app/views/govuk_publishing_components/components/_contextual_sidebar.html.erb
index b118257839..a73cb2a4fb 100644
--- a/app/views/govuk_publishing_components/components/_contextual_sidebar.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/govuk_publishing_components/components/_contextual_sidebar.html.erb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <div class="gem-c-contextual-sidebar">
   <% if navigation.show_brexit_cta? && navigation.step_by_step_count.zero? %>
     <%= render 'govuk_publishing_components/components/contextual_sidebar/brexit_cta' %>
-  <% elsif navigation.step_by_step_count.zero? %>
+  <% elsif navigation.step_by_step_count.zero? && !navigation.transition_countdown_exception? %>
     <%= render 'govuk_publishing_components/components/transition_countdown', {
       title: t("components.related_navigation.transition.title"),
       url: t("components.related_navigation.transition.link_path"),
diff --git a/app/views/govuk_publishing_components/components/docs/contextual_sidebar.yml b/app/views/govuk_publishing_components/components/docs/contextual_sidebar.yml
index 4e6fa6dee9..264aea43b6 100644
--- a/app/views/govuk_publishing_components/components/docs/contextual_sidebar.yml
+++ b/app/views/govuk_publishing_components/components/docs/contextual_sidebar.yml
@@ -144,3 +144,23 @@ examples:
                       - text: Find out what you’ll get
                         href: "/settled-status-eu-citizens-families/what-settled-and-presettled-status-means"
                     optional: false
+  transition_countdown_exception:
+    data:
+      content_item:
+        title: "30 creative teams awarded up to £100,000 each for Festival UK* 2022 R&D project"
+        content_id: "c3752802-f091-43a9-ba90-33568fccf391"
+        links:
+          ordered_related_items:
+          - title: Find an apprenticeship
+            base_path: /apply-apprenticeship
+          - title: Training and study at work
+            base_path: /training-study-work-your-rights
+          - title: Careers helpline for teenagers
+            base_path: /careers-helpline-for-teenagers
+          document_collections:
+          - title: Recruit an apprentice (formerly apprenticeship vacancies)
+            base_path: /government/collections/apprenticeship-vacancies
+            document_type: document_collection
+          - title: The future of jobs and skills
+            base_path: /government/collections/the-future-of-jobs-and-skills
+            document_type: document_collection
diff --git a/lib/govuk_publishing_components/presenters/contextual_navigation.rb b/lib/govuk_publishing_components/presenters/contextual_navigation.rb
index 547a8e7936..43b17e7544 100644
--- a/lib/govuk_publishing_components/presenters/contextual_navigation.rb
+++ b/lib/govuk_publishing_components/presenters/contextual_navigation.rb
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ def show_brexit_cta?
         tagged_to_brexit? && (page_content_id != brexit_start_page_content_id)
       end
 
+      def transition_countdown_exception?
+        content_item["content_id"] == "c3752802-f091-43a9-ba90-33568fccf391"
+      end
+
       def step_by_step_count
         step_nav_helper.step_navs.count
       end